Study: After you lose weight your metabolism slows down Way Down

Kevin Hall, a scientist at a federal research center who admits to a weakness for reality TV, had the idea to follow the “Biggest Loser” contestants for six years after that victorious night. The project was the first to measure what happened to people over as long as six years after they had lost large amounts of weight with intensive dieting and exercise.

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BEFORE and AT FINALECreditLeft: Chris Haston/NBC Universal via Getty; Right: Trae Patton/NBC Universal, via Getty

“I won’t be victim to this. It’s the hand I’ve been dealt.”

Danny Cahill

46, speaker, author, land surveyor and musician, Broken Arrow, Okla.

WEIGHT Before show, 430 pounds; at finale, 191 pounds; now, 295 pounds

METABOLIC RATE Now burns 800 fewer calories a day than would be expected for a man his size.

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