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.

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

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, 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.

When people lose weight, their bodies sometimes slow down more than expected, burning fewer calories at rest — and this might be why some folks struggle more than others to keep the weight off.