Weight Cycling Increases Longevity Compared with Sustained Obesity in Mice.
Daniel L SmithYongbin YangTim R NagyAmit PatkiJoseph R VasselliYiying ZhangStephanie L DickinsonDavid B AllisonPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)
Weight cycling significantly increased life-span relative to remaining with obesity and had a similar benefit to sustained modest weight loss.