A new qualitative research looks at the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences of 'yo-yo dieting,' or weight cycling. The piece stresses the hazards of yo-yo dieting and how difficult it is for people to break the cycle."Yo-yo dieting - unintentionally gaining weight and dieting to lose weight only to gain it back and restart the cycle - is a prevalent part of American culture, with fad diets and lose-weight-quick plans or drugs normalized as people pursue beauty ideals," says Lynsey Romo, corresponding author of a paper on the study and an associate professor of communication at North Carolina State University....
