10 Non-Dietary Reasons For Weight Gain
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Julia Austin
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Your birth control
Birth control may prevent the major weight gain that comes with pregnancy, both in body fat and literal baby weight, but some forms can cause weight gain for other reasons. Certain birth control injections have been shown to cause substantial weight gain. In some cases, birth control shots can cause nearly 15 pounds of weight gain in a year. Research has found that one shot causes on average 11 pounds of weight gain and a 3.4 percent increase in body fat. If you face this and don’t like it or can’t afford the weight gain, talk to your doctor about switching birth control.
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