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Oh, the biggest loser: That is well extreme! They only sign up people with extreme fat levels, put them on extreme exercises, to get extreme fat loss :)
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extreme fat levels, extreme exercises, extreme fat loss
Two of which, Hippy is very familiar with
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the biggest loser:
And then loads of them end up as Z-list fitness celebrities (workout videos, personal trainers, etc) having been on the telly.
Not entirely representative of the average population. Also studies with n<30 can >>>>>>>
BareNecessities
Greenbank
The study was fat people from a TV show, so not any specific exercise regime:
"Six years after the competition, median weight loss in 14 of “The Biggest Loser” participants was 13%, with those maintaining a greater weight loss (mean ± SE) of 24.9% ± 3.8% having increased PA by 160% ± 23%, compared with a PA increase of 34% ± 25% (P = 0.0033) in the weight regainers who were 1.1% ± 4.0% heavier than the precompetition baseline. EI changes were similar between weight loss maintainers and regainers (−8.7% ± 5.6% vs. −7.4% ± 2.7%, respectively; P = 0.83). Weight regain was inversely associated with absolute changes in PA (r = −0.82; P = 0.0003) but not with changes in EI (r = −0.15; P = 0.61). EI and PA changes explained 93% of the individual weight loss variability at 6 years. "