London, May 08: Want to stay slim? Don’t embark on a long-term diet regime, instead go on a crash dieting, for a new study says that the best way to shed flab and keep off the pounds is to do it quickly.
Researchers have found that the key to achieving and maintaining a slim figure is to shed the weight rapidly, a finding that contradicts previous advice which suggested a slow but steady weight loss was preferable, British tabloid the ‘Daily Express’ reported.
The new study found that the greater the initial weight loss in obese patients, the larger the total loss in the longer term. It showed that dieters who lose up to one pound a week are up to five times more likely to keep the weight at bay than those who shed only half a pound a week.
–PTI