After losing weight, the body slows down calorie burning to save energy — but eating more protein stops this slowdown, so the body burns calories at the expected rate again.

After losing weight, your body tries to burn fewer calories than it should — but eating more protein helps your body return to its normal calorie-burning rate.

After losing weight, your body tries to burn fewer calories than it should — but eating more protein helps your metabolism return to normal, while eating less protein keeps it slowed down.

After losing weight, people with prediabetes who eat more protein burn more calories at rest and end up in a calorie deficit, which could help them keep the weight off longer.

The more your body slows down its calorie burning after weight loss, the more likely you are to eat more than you burn — which makes it easier to gain weight back.

After losing weight, the extent to which metabolism slows down can help predict how much weight a person will regain, but this metabolic slowdown has a smaller impact on weight regain than how many calories a person burned before starting the diet.