Not exact matches
As researchers
in this review pointed out, ``... the 3500 - kcal rule
predicts that a person who increases daily energy expenditure by 100 kcal by walking 1 mile (1.6 km) per day will lose more than 50 lb (22.7 kg) over a period of 5 years, the true
weight loss is only about 10 lb (4.5 kg), assuming no compensatory increase
in caloric intake, because
changes in mass concomitantly alter the energy requirements of the body.»
This is further compounded by elevations
in metabolic efficiency (whereby energy expenditure declines beyond that
predicted from the
change in metabolic mass) and appetite which accompany
weight - loss, and may ultimately predispose to
weight re - gain.82 Moreover,
changes in neural activity within brain regions known to be involved
in regulatory, emotional and cognitive control of food intake have also been observed following
weight - loss.83
Roughly, that means that your metabolic rate has dropped more than
predicted by the
change in weight.
Influence of
changes in body composition and adaptive thermogenesis on the difference between measured and
predicted weight loss
in obese women.
Independent of whole grains,
changes in cereal and fruit fiber inversely
predicted weight gain.
To analyze whether baseline psychosocial variables can be used to
predict weight change up to a 12 - month follow - up examination
in children and adolescents who attend a «best - practice» routine - care lifestyle intervention, we conducted a longitudinal analysis with 3 assessment waves: at baseline (T0: within 3 weeks before the start of the intervention) body
weight and height of participants and family members and the psychosocial family characteristics were assessed; at the conclusion of the program (T1: 1 year after T0) and 1 year after conclusion (T2: 2 years after T0), body
weights and heights of participants were reassessed.