Rhonda Patrick· PhD
From cycle to cycle, mice seemed to regain more and more weight even when they started from the exact same weight as never obese mice and were exposed to the same exact diet.
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From cycle to cycle, mice seemed to regain more and more weight even when they started from the exact same weight as never obese mice and were exposed to the same exact diet.
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This phenomenon which is medically called recurrent obesity but is more widely known as yo-yo obesity characterizes up to 80% of all obese individuals worldwide. So this is the most common pattern of obesity that we know of yet we have very little clue on what drives it.