United States: A recent expert report shows people with type 1 diabetes who do “yo-yo” dieting weight cycling face elevated risks for kidney disease.
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People with type 1 diabetes who experienced larger changes in their body weight showed a 40 percent reduction in their kidneys‘ capacity to eliminate blood toxins.
According to Dr. Marion Camoin, the lead researcher with the University Hospital Center Bordeaux in France, “We showed that high body-weight variability is associated with increased risk of different outcomes of diabetic kidney disease progressions (DKD) in people with type 1 diabetes, independently of traditional DKD risk factors,” US News reported.
“To our knowledge, this is the first study showing this association,” Camoin noted.
The common practice of weight cycling through yo-yo dieting affects 35 percent of men along with 55 percent of women, according to researchers who added that such intermittent dieting activities boost heart disease risk in both diabetes patients and people without the condition.

The fact that Type 1 diabetes typically affects lean individuals has now changed since obesity rates are rising both in the specific patient group and society at large according to researcher findings.
Study findings
The study analyzed weight information from the diabetes health study related to more than 1,400 participants across six-year data collection.
Researchers measured weight changes to check the functioning condition of the kidneys based on six different criteria.
Yo-yo dieters showed decreased kidney function and higher urinary albumin levels, which are metabolic indications for kidney disease.

Patients who have kidney disease tend to present higher protein levels in their bodies. Researchers are uncertain about how weight cycling causes damage to kidney health, though they are investigating this effect.
The researchers emphasized that insulin treatments for type 1 diabetes create a connection between body-weight cycling.
Studies demonstrate that yo-yo dieting leads to heart strain, which scientists believe results in damage to blood vessels and kidneys, according to the study’s findings, as US News reported.
Furthermore, “Strategies aimed at weight reduction in people with type 1 diabetes should focus on promoting long-term weight maintenance, as weight stability may have a positive impact on health outcomes,” the researchers concluded.