Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at Oxford University pointed out that it was better to try losing weight than to do nothing.
To diet or not to diet, that is the question.
A leading nutritionist from Oxford University has waded into a debate on the affects of yo-yo dieting.
Professor of diet and population health at Oxford University Susan Jebb has pointed out it is better to try and lose weight than do nothing.
She said: "I agree with the notion that losing weight is generally worthwhile, even if you put the weight back on again.
"We have good evidence from long-term follow up studies after controlled intervention studies in humans that there is a benefit."
US biostatistician Dr David Allison found that repeated crash diets did no harm to obese mice.
In fact, serial dieting animals lived longer than those that remained obese.
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