New research finds that the body may adapt to losing weight by burning hundreds of fewer calories per day.
. A new study shows how the body’s metabolism slows as a way to balance the lower amount of calories that are consumed.
“Metabolic adaptation during weight loss can make it harder for people to achieve their goals,” said the study’s first author, Catia Martins, an associate professor of nutrition science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “In this study we found people with more metabolic adaptation took longer to achieve their weight-loss goals.”
“We had some women whose resting metabolic rate dropped by close to 700 calories, which means it would take them 70 more days, or about two months longer, to achieve their weight loss goals compared to someone with no metabolic adaptation at all,” Martins said. During the study, all volunteers were provided with an 800-calorie-a-day diet until they reached their weight loss goals. At that point, a number of measurements were taken, including resting metabolic rate.
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