What is Yo-yo effect?
[[File:Weight cycle.jpg|thumb|The Step of Yo-Yo effect]]The '''Yo-yo effect''' means people quickly gaining weight after a [[diet]]. Other words for this activity are '''yo-yo dieting''' or '''weight cycling'''. People's weight can move down and back up like a [[yo-yo]] when they follow several diets one after another. A person's weight after the diet is often higher than it was before dieting. == The Steps == The steps to the weight cycle are normal eating, weight gain, diet, metabolism slow-down, and end of the diet. But they repeat again and that’s the Yo-Yo effect. For example, Sherman Morrison talks about someone on the website healevate.com, saying, “In the 1990’s she got up to 237 pounds, dropped it back down to 160 in the early 2000’s, but then crept back up over 200. Recently, however, she shed 30 pounds using Weight Watchers.” Which means she first gained weight, then she lost weight, and finally she gained it back. Basically, Morrison is describing that the Yo-Yo effect is gaining and losing weight over and over again.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Andrea|title=12 Celebrities Who Yo-Yo in Size|url=https://stylecaster.com/12-celebrities-who-yo-yo-in-size/|website=stylecaster.com|date=2 March 2010|volume=|pages=|via=|access-date=4 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705171822/https://stylecaster.com/12-celebrities-who-yo-yo-in-size/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Causes== The body needs less energy after losing weight on a diet. People have less [[fat]]ty tissue and often less [[muscle]] after the diet. Muscle tissue needs more energy than fatty tissue. Reducing the amount of muscle tissue therefore reduces the need for energy. Also, limit the number of [[calories]] people take in. At some point, a dieter's body will change the way it uses energy if there are less calories to burn. The body does this to make sure it survives when less food is available. These changes in the body cause people to gain weight rapidly when they stop dieting and return to their old eating