Abstract:Obesity is associated with multiple comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer ultimately resulting in increased mortality. Because of this, many individuals attempt to lose weight, but weight loss is often not maintained leading to the practice of weight cycling. Since human studies evaluating the effects of weight cycling on mortality are in disagreement with one another, and no animal studies had been performed on this topic, our laboratory conducted the first animal study to … Show more
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