Losing weight is good for your health even if you gain some back, according to new research.
Those who embark on a slimming journey work hard to make important lifestyle changes, but often the weight creeps back on. This can prompt people to see their efforts as pointless, but new evidence shows the health benefits will remain - especially when it comes to your heart.
Those who lost and regained some of the weight showed lower risk factors for cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and type 2 diabetes — which remained for up to five years after weight loss programs ended, according to analysis published on Tuesday in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
