Many people with obesity regain weight lost through diet and exercise programmes, but the health benefits remained even years later
. Five years after ending a programme, participants’ cholesterol ratio was an average of 1.5 points lower than before the programme. They also saw a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure and a blood sugar levels. There was evidence, however, that the more weight that is gained back over time, the smaller and shorter lasting these improvements are.Get the most essential health and fitness news in your inbox every Saturday.
between those who participated in weight loss programmes and those who didn’t five years on. This may be because fewer studies collected data on these outcomes, says Hartmann-Boyce.at Northwell Health in New York. “A little bit can make a big difference” in terms of whether a person may need to take one or more medications, she says.
More research is needed to understand why weight regain doesn’t completely reverse the health benefits of weight loss. It could be that improvements in diet and exercise benefit health independent of weight loss, says Block. It may also be that weight loss delays the onset of health issues, says Hartmann-Boyce.
“If you are regaining weight, first of all, you’re not alone. But it also doesn’t mean that it wasn’t worth it. It doesn’t mean that there weren’t benefits,” says Hartmann-Boyce.
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