After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html
Mr. Cahill was one of the worst off. As he regained more than 100 pounds, his metabolism slowed so much that, just to maintain his current weight of 295 pounds, he now has to eat 800 calories a day less than a typical man his size. Anything more turns to fat.
‘A Basic Biological Reality’
The struggles the contestants went through help explain why it has been so hard to make headway against the nation’s obesity problem, which afflicts more than a third of American adults. Despite spending billions of dollars on weight-loss drugs and dieting programs, even the most motivated are working against their own biology.