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Yo-yo dieting was tied to muscle loss on body scans

Researchers at UC San Francisco tracked 1,433 middle-aged adults with repeat MRI scans and found that people whose weight kept swinging lost more thigh muscle than those who stayed stable.

Jul 23, 2026

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Losing 80 minutes of sleep a night led to weight gain in a trial

In a Columbia University trial, 95 adults who cut their nightly sleep by about 80 minutes for six weeks gained roughly a pound, and the gain came from moving less rather than eating more.

Jul 22, 2026