Research
Metabolic adaptation
There was no evidence for long-term metabolic adaptation to weight loss in assessments of resting metabolic rate.
Practitioners should understand that weight loss may not lead to long-term changes in resting metabolic rate.
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This study found no evidence for long‐term metabolic adaptation to weight loss in assessments of RMR.
Why this rating
Based on a one-year randomized controlled trial.
Source
Long–term effects of caloric restriction on total and resting energy expenditure in healthy adults
Sai Krupa Das et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2008
rct · n=29
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