Long - term persistence
of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight.
For example, your metabolic rate does slow down when you're losing weight (due to a combination
of adaptive thermogenesis and the fact that you weigh less than you used to).
Here is an example
of adaptive thermogenesis.
Major GC, Doucet E, Trayhurn P, Astrup A, Tremblay A. Clinical significance
of adaptive thermogenesis.
German researchers set out to investigate the causes and dynamics
of adaptive thermogenesis (starvation mode).
Not exact matches
One
of them is called
adaptive thermogenesis, sometimes referred to as «starvation mode».
Consequently, your body metabolism (amount
of energy burnt at rest) slows to prevent you continuing to lose weight — a process known as
adaptive thermogenesis.
Its purpose was to estimate the effects
of short - term calorie restriction on
adaptive thermogenesis.
In the current study, significant
adaptive thermogenesis was detected as early as on the third day
of calorie restriction.
Adaptive thermogenesis was detected in 60 %
of participants in the early stages
of calorie restriction.
For example, it is possible that the dynamics
of of adaptive thermogenesis are vastly different in people with obesity.
Here you can see how energy expenditure changes from
adaptive thermogenesis developed during the course
of the study:
In short,
adaptive thermogenesis (AT) is one
of the main reasons your body starts burning fewer calories when you lose weight.
Influence
of changes in body composition and
adaptive thermogenesis on the difference between measured and predicted weight loss in obese women.
Dulloo AG, Jacquet J, Montani J - P, Schutz Y.
Adaptive thermogenesis in human body weight regulation: more
of a concept than a measurable entity?
The research on
adaptive thermogenesis shows the average decline in metabolic rate as a result
of dieting and losing weight is about 300 calories per day.
Tremblay A, Royer M - M, Chaput J - P, Doucet E.
Adaptive thermogenesis can make a difference in the ability
of obese individuals to lose body weight.
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Adaptive thermogenesis refers to underfeeding - associated fall in resting and non-resting TDEE; this is independent
of body weight and body composition» [3].