January 28, 2000
Radical Weight Losses Found to Lead to Eventual Gains
Adolescent girls who engage in extreme weight-loss efforts, such as the use of appetite suppressants and laxatives, not only are more likely to regain their lost weight, but also are at greater risk of obesity than are those who do not take such measures.
Researchers at Stanford University's medical school and at the University of Texas at Austin discovered that surprising effect while conducting a study of 692 ninth-grade girls at three high schools in
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