biostudies-literatureUnknown44(6)Jacquet PThe notion that dieting makes some people fatter has in the past decade gained considerable interest from both epidemiological predictions and biological plausibility. Several large-scale prospective studies have suggested that dieting to lose weight is associated with future weight gain and obesity, with such predictions being stronger and more consistent among dieters who are in the normal range of body weight rather than in those with obesity. Furthermore, the biological plausibility that dieting predisposes people who are lean (rather than those with overweight or obesity) to regain more body fat than what had been lost (referred to as fat overshooting) has recently gained support from a re-analysis of data on body composition during weight loss and subsequent weight recovery from the International journal of obesity (2005)1243-1253https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7260129biostudies-literatureHow dieting might make some fatter: modeling weight cycling toward obesity from a perspective of body composition autoregulation.PMC7260129Schutz YDulloo AJacquet PMontani JPfalseHow dieting might make some fatter: modeling weight cycling toward obesity from a perspective of body composition autoregulation.The notion that dieting makes some people fatter has in the past decade gained considerable interest from both epidemiological predictions and biological plausibility. Several large-scale prospective studies have suggested that dieting to lose weight is associated with future weight gain and obesity, with such predictions being stronger and more consistent among dieters who are in the normal range of body weight rather than in those with obesity. Furthermore, the biological plausibility that dieting predisposes people who are lean (rather than those with overweight or obesity) to regain more body fat than what had been lost (referred to as fat overshooting) has recently gained support from a re-analysis of data on body composition during weight loss and subsequent weight recovery from the 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Jun2025-04-04T12:08:55.455Z2020-06-14T07:07:02ZS-EPMC72601293209910410.1038/s41366-020-0547-1