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dc.contributor.authorMartins, Catia
dc.contributor.authorDutton, Gareth R.
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Gary R.
dc.contributor.authorGower, Barbara A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T13:19:28Z
dc.date.available2021-04-26T13:19:28Z
dc.date.created2020-12-01T17:59:42Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2020, 112 (5), 1170-1179.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0002-9165
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2739683
dc.description.abstractWeight regain remains the main challenge in obesity management, and its etiology remains elusive. The aim of the present review was to revise the available evidence regarding the “Compensatory Theory,” which is an explanatory model of relapse in obesity treatment, and to propose alternative mechanisms that can contribute to weight regain. It has been proposed, and generally accepted as true, that when a person loses weight the body fights back, with physiological adaptations on both sides of the energy balance equation that try to bring body weight back to its original state: this is the Compensatory Theory. This theory proposes that the increased orexigenic drive to eat and the reduced energy expenditure that follow weight loss are the main drivers of relapse. However, evidence showing a link between these physiological adaptations to weight loss and weight regain is lacking. Here, we propose that the physiological adaptations to weight loss, both at the level of the homeostatic appetite control system and energy expenditure, are in fact a normalization to a lower body weight and not drivers of weight regain. In light of this we explore other potential mechanisms, both physiological and behavioral, that can contribute to the high incidence of relapse in obesity management. More research is needed to clearly ascertain whether the changes in energy expenditure and homeostatic appetite markers seen in reduced-obese individuals are a compensatory mechanism that drives relapse or a normalization towards a lower body weight, and to explore alternative hypotheses that explain relapse in obesity management.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleRevisiting the Compensatory Theory as an explanatory model for relapse in obesity managementen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1170-1179en_US
dc.source.volume112en_US
dc.source.journalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutritionen_US
dc.source.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ajcn/nqaa243
dc.identifier.cristin1855023
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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