Obesity has become a common issue in urban areas. This tendency is becoming a headache to the society. People are adopting various weight loss techniques to stay it and slim.

But as per a recent study losing 1.5lbs of weight a week is going to be less effective than half a pound a week. Nutrition experts are emphasizing on long-term weight control and this has been an effective one.

A team from the University of Florida has found out that slow rate of losing weight is more effective and less dangerous than that of a rapid loss of weight. They have considered 262 obese women who had followed a six-month routine program to lose weight.

Nutrition expert have divided the participants into three groups according to how much weight they lost during the first month of program. Then the researchers have found out that the rapid weight loss is discontinuous and harmful to human body.

On the other hand slow rate of weight loss was effective and has less possibility to regain weight.