It is as important as protein in maintaining weight loss".
"But the long-term success rate on maintaining weight loss is abysmal.
A third group received basic instruction on maintaining weight loss, and those dieters attempted to keep the weight off on their own.
Although this data needs to be verified, perhaps maintaining weight over the longer term eventually becomes easier once the body adapts.
Motivation is key in maintaining weight loss and a high protein/low GI diet is easier to follow because no major food group is banned.
Scientists are "not really sure yet" just how and why exercise is so important in maintaining weight loss in people, Braun says.
"For patients with a BMI of 30 or greater kilograms per meters squared, maintaining weight loss was rare and the probability of achieving normal weight was extremely low," the study's authors conclude.
The scientists recruited 37 dieters who had been successful in losing or maintaining weight.
This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of GBP in reducing morbidity and maintaining weight loss.
"This study suggests leptin might be useful in maintaining weight loss, not causing it," says endocrinologist Rexford Ahima of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
While many people with overweight or obesity can lose weight temporarily, most have difficulty maintaining weight loss over the long term.
