How We’ve Come to Believe that Overeating Causes Obesity (article supporting and showing evidence of set point theory and explaining why the diet industry and what we have been told about food and weight is wrong, referencing the Minnesota Starvation Experiment)

Genes Take Charge, and Diet Falls by the Wayside (another article supporting and showing evidence of weight set point theory)

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment (I would highly advise that everyone read this, and all of this, since the conclusion at the end is especially important. It references extreme hunger, tapering, overshooting, and the effects of starvation, and the research supports weight set point theory. It is a famous study so many of you may already have heard of it) Here is a summary of it relating everything to recovery.

They Starved So That Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment (more about the Minnesota Starvation experiment)

Why Are Thin People Not Fat? (BBC documentary showing how set point theory works)

Good Science: Dr. Leibel Explains Metabolic Slowdown with Weight Loss (science behind weight set point)

Obesity and Metabolism: Why Weight Loss Is Difficult to Sustain (science behind weight set point)

The War on Obesity: A Battle Worth Fighting?

Uncommon Knowledge About Changes in Body Weight – Part 1 (how the body regulates weight, causes of weight gain, and why dieting never works – and is in fact the cause of weight gain)

Changes in Energy Expenditure to Keep Body Weight the Same