Yo-yo dieting is frowned upon, but one group may benefit whether they lose weight, soon after gain it back.

A four-year study by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research suggests humans with type 2 diabetes who lose weight within 18 months post-diagnosis — soon after eventually regain the pounds — are twice as likely to have good blood pressure and blood glucose control than folks with type 2 diabetes who did not lose weight. The study was published in that month’s Diabetes Care.

Researchers speculate the body might have a metabolic memory that recalls the benefits of a lighter, fitter frame. Hmm … permanent benefits of

weight loss even when the weight creeps back on? I fondly remember my lean, mean high school basketball frame — possibly my body does, too.

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