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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长胖容易 减肥难

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，科学家们已经确认，大多数体重超重的人不管是通过节食还是运动来减肥，最终还是会反弹到原先的水平。

       在英国，每年会有1200万人尝试减肥，但真正能瘦身成功的人不到10%，而且这其中的大多数人会在一年以内又恢复到最初的体重。

       英国医学研究委员会健康与发育调查组的科学家称，减肥最好的方法是要从一开始就避免长胖。

(China.org.cn August 3, 2011)