Scientists say dieters will most likely return to their former selves.

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Scientists have confirmed that the majority of overweight people who try to lose weight either by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former size, the Daily Mail reports.

Fewer than 10 percent of the 12 million Britons who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put it all back on again within a year.

The scientists, from the Medical Research Council's National Survey of Health and Development, have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat in the first place.

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長胖容易 減肥難

???????據英國《每日郵報》報道，科學家們已經確認，大多數體重超重的人不管是通過節食還是運動來減肥，最終還是會反彈到原先的水平。

???????在英國，每年會有1200萬人嘗試減肥，但真正能瘦身成功的人不到10%，而且這其中的大多數人會在一年以內又恢復到最初的體重。

???????英國醫學研究委員會健康與發育調查組的科學家稱，減肥最好的方法是要從一開始就避免長胖。

(China.org.cn August 3, 2011)