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An adaptive response to uncertainty can lead to weight gain during dieting attempts

Background and objectives: Peoples’ attempts to lose weight by low calorie diets often result in weight gain because of over-compensatory overeating during lapses. Animals usually respond to a change in food availability by adjusting their foraging effort and altering how much energy reserves they s...

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Autores principales: Higginson, A. D., McNamara, J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow031