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  2. Set point theory - Wikipedia

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    In humans, when calories are restricted because of war, famine, or diet, lost weight is typically regained quickly, including for obese patients. [2] In the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, after human subjects were fed a near-starvation diet for a period, losing 66% of their initial fat mass, and later allowed to eat freely, they reattained and even surpassed their original fat levels ...

  3. Effect size - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, an effect size is a value measuring the strength of the relationship between two variables in a population, or a sample-based estimate of that quantity. It can refer to the value of a statistic calculated from a sample of data, the value of one parameter for a hypothetical population, or to the equation that operationalizes how statistics or parameters lead to the effect size ...

  4. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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    A correction is made for the buoyancy of air in the lungs and other gases in the body spaces. If there were no errors whatsoever in measuring body density, the uncertainty in fat estimation would be about ± 3.8% of the body weight, primarily because of normal variability in body constituents.

  5. An experimental drug drove people to lose 23% of their body ...

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    And in Novo Nordisk’s CagriSema trial, 40% of participants did lose at least 25% of their body weight – just not enough to bump the trial’s overall average result past that benchmark.

  6. 'Just lose weight': Women with PCOS are going untreated due ...

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    At 19 years old, a gynecologist finally placed her on birth control to regulate her periods, but new symptoms arrived; Everland experienced rapid weight gain throughout her 20s despite committing ...

  7. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    [22] [96] [178] [179] Although it is unclear what diets might support long-term weight loss, and although the effectiveness of low-calorie diets is debated, [180] lifestyle changes that reduce calorie consumption or increase physical exercise over the long term also tend to produce some sustained weight loss, despite slow weight regain over time.

  8. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    These myonuclei don’t vanish when you stop working out; instead, they stick around, helping you regain strength and muscle mass faster when you return to training, according to a study published ...

  9. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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    Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...