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A new york times article had a study that showed set point remains stubbornly high, even after 6 years of painfully maintaining a lower weight.
by pascalxus 8y ago
A new york times article had a study that showed set point remains stubbornly high, even after 6 years of painfully maintaining a lower weight.
- dfraser992 8y agoA link, if you have it handy? Not arguing, just trying to get more information. edit: I now recall a UK TV station (BBC? ITV4? sorry) that investigated how people have quite different metabolism - they monitored people with state of the art device showing how they varied quite a lot despite having the same exact diet.
- pascalxus 8y agoI can't see NY articles anymore because i ran out of free ones. but i think it was one of the following two: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=D9E521BE0DFE489891AD4EAC968DCE8C&gwt=pay https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/why-you-cant-lose-weight-on-a-diet.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=35792DC038A295CBB65475D44781A7E1&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/why-you-ca...