Research Suggests Maintaining Weight Loss Requires More Than Willpower

reports a brain imaging study published in Cognitive Neuroscience indicates “some people have an imbalance between the executive control and reward systems of the brain,” which suggests they “not have enough natural control over the impulse to reach for food.” A separate study published in Obesity “found that the body’s internal protection against starvation encourages eating specifically so that you’ll regain any lost weight – and at a rate of 100 calories a day for every kilogram or 2.2 pounds dropped.” A third study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests techniques that work for weight loss are ineffective for weight loss maintenance, such as meal planning and participating in many different types of exercise. https://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/dieting-to-gain-or-maintain-weight-192/why-maintaining-weight-loss-demands-more-than-willpower-750112.html