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Yo-yo dieting or weight cycling is the cyclical loss and regain of weight. The term “yo-yo dieting” was coined by Kelly Brownell of Yale University, in reference to the cyclical up-down motion of a yo-yo. Read more about yo-yo dieting and its effects.

 

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What are Yo-yo diets?

Yo-yo dieting is the repeated pattern of losing body fat then gaining it back through episodes of diets. Each cycle, the fat loss or gain can be anywhere ranging from 2kg to 20kgs or more. Any diet that includes bouts of starvation, missing meals, cutting out whole food groups entirely, or very low calories produces the yo-yo effect.

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