Intensive weight loss does not cause major health problems for female fitness competitors

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 10:51 in Psychology & Sociology

Worries about the potential negative consequences of fat loss regimens for aesthetic purposes in normal weight females have been surfacing in the media. This has taken place regardless of the lack of longitudinal studies on this kind of diets. Now researchers have published a study that shows for the first time what effects an intensive weight reduction had in rather a large group of normal weight females.

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