It's January, and usually around now there's lots of focus on becoming healthier, including healthier weight. This year there's a bit more pressure too – increased risk of Covid-19 symptoms in people who are obese. So if your focus for 2021 and beyond is to be a healthier weight and maintaining it, then this podcast episode is for you.

I want to introduce you to perhaps a new term - "rebound weight gain". Many of us may at some point have achieved our goal weight but were unable to maintain it resulting in low self-esteem and frustration. Today I've Dr Adam Collins with me – Adam has lectured on the MSc Nutritional Medicine course I attend and his PhD was on energy expenditure and body composition. His current research includes exercise intensity and energy balance, intermittent fasting, meal timing and composition. So who better to explain about rebound weight gain and answer some very popular weight management questions.

1. What is rebound weight gain?
2. What are the known mechanisms as the body tries to restore its lost weight?
3. Often people plateau, can we override this?
4. Does when you eat matter as much as what you eat?
5. What about Intermittent Fasting

About Adam

MSc in Nutrition & Metabolism and a PhD focusing on energy expenditure and body composition. My on-going interests lie in obesity, exercise nutrition, body composition and energy metabolism all as can be applied to weight loss/maintenance and metabolic health. Current research includes exercise intensity and energy balance, intermittent fasting, meal timing and composition. Specifically the use of carbohydrate manipulation for metabolic health

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