The human body conspires to make weight loss difficult, increasing production of hunger hormones long after the kilograms have been shed, a new study has found. She noted that only about 20 per cent of people with obesity who lose weight are able to maintain their lower weight. After two years, everyone had lost weight – on average eight per cent of their original weight. “Everyone has this hormone, but if you’ve been overweight and then lose weight, the hormone level increases,” Martins said. The increase in the hunger hormone levels was prolonged, remaining high throughout the study.

Source: National Post February 09, 2018 18:33 UTC