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Losing that extra weight is one thing. Keeping it off requires a lifetime of counting calories. That's the message from a more than two-decade study of monkeys conducted by Barbara Hansen of the University of South Florida, Tampa.
Genetic differences allow some primates to remain thin and others to grow fat when fed an identical diet over the years, the study found.
Other monkeys, when forced to slim down by as much as 25 percent, regained the weight they'd lost once caloric restrictions were lifted — regardless of whether they'd been on a diet for two months or two years, Hansen said.
"The price of leanness is eternal vigilance", said Hansen, who presented her research Friday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The price of leanness is eternal vigilance -- yep, I have to agree with that statement. That's what maintenance is all about: day in and day out vigilance and thoughtfulness about eating and exercise. Keeping the weight off takes commitment and dedication every day (and is sometimes confused with for obsession by ignorant people Losing that extra weight is one thing. Keeping it off requires a lifetime of counting calories. That's the message from a more than two-decade study of monkeys conducted by Barbara Hansen of the University of South Florida, Tampa.
Genetic differences allow some primates to remain thin and others to grow fat when fed an identical diet over the years, the study found.
Other monkeys, when forced to slim down by as much as 25 percent, regained the weight they'd lost once caloric restrictions were lifted — regardless of whether they'd been on a diet for two months or two years, Hansen said.
"The price of leanness is eternal vigilance", said Hansen, who presented her research Friday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
).So why'd they have to go study monkeys for twenty years? Any of us could have told them that!
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