Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Weight-cycling affects appetite and eating behaviour in athletes 🧠

The consequences of weight loss and immediate regain.

Tom Coughlin's avatar
Tom Coughlin
Feb 10, 2025
∙ Paid

Appetite-Control and Eating-Behavior Traits Might Not Be Impacted by a Single Weight-Cycling Episode in Weight-Cycling Athletes: Results of the Wave Study

Background

Weight cycling is the process of weight loss followed by successively by weight gain 📉📈

It is common practice in weight class sports, but has been associated anecdotally with impaired eating…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Tom Coughlin.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2025 Tom Coughlin · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture