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The Hidden (Emotional) Harm of Dieting

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We know that the vast majority of people who attempt weight loss have the same experience, they lose weight short term, then gain it all back within a few years, with many gaining back more than they lost.

Those who try again are nearly certain to repeat this experience. When people do this repeatedly it is referred to as “weight cycling” (or colloquially as yo-yo dieting).

We know that weight cycling is linked to negative health outcomes. As Bacon and Aphramor point out: For some, of course, dieting moves from disordered eating into an eating disorder and can become life-threatening But it’s not just health impacts, weight cycling can also take a serious emotional toll and we tend to talk much less about that.

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