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According to a recent study led by Anat Yaskolka Meir, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 761 people across three major studies were followed to understand the effects of weight loss on the body.

The study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, followed the participants for a span of 18 to 2...