Journal article
Dieting: proxy or cause of future weight gain?
Obesity reviews, v 16 Suppl 1(1), pp 19-24
Feb 2015
PMID: 25614200
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Abstract
The relationship between dieting and body mass has a long and controversial history. This paper aims to help resolve this issue by making two key distinctions. The first is between dieting as a cause of weight gain/regain and as a proxy risk factor for identifying non-obese individuals prone to weight gain for reasons other than dieting. The second is between the body mass that is attained following one or more weight loss/regain cycles and the body mass that might have been reached had dieting never been undertaken. Evidence is reviewed on the relation between recent diet-induced weight loss and sustained weight loss (weight suppression), on the one hand, and weight regain, on the other hand. Furthermore, the reason that a history of dieting in non-obese individuals reflects a susceptibility to future weight gain is explained. It is concluded that (i) diet-induced weight loss hastens weight regain but a history of weight loss diets does not cause weight gain beyond that which would occur in the absence of dieting, and (ii) weight loss dieting in non-obese individuals does not cause future weight gain but is simply a proxy risk factor reflecting a personal vulnerability to weight gain and living in an obesogenic environment.
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- Title
- Dieting: proxy or cause of future weight gain?
- Creators
- M R Lowe - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Publication Details
- Obesity reviews, v 16 Suppl 1(1), pp 19-24
- Publisher
- Wiley; England
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000350285800003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84921444857
- Other Identifier
- 991014877694604721
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