My reading of the last 3 years of findings regarding changes in resting metabolic rate due to caloric restriction is that they could become big enough to explai

My reading of the last 3 years of findings regarding changes in resting metabolic rate due to caloric restriction is that they could become big enough to explain the pattern of weight regain. Now, the specific quantification of the relationship between amount, lenght of caloric restriction and resting metabolic rate is, in my opinion, waiting for a trove of data we do not have yet.