This compounds the losses incurred in June, when funds shed an average of 1 per cent in value.

Results varied by individual, but after a year, people in both groups shed an average of 5.5 kilos.

People in the Medifast group shed an average of 16.5 pounds, or 6.7 percent of their starting weight.

Researchers discovered that from 1979 to 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 billion tons of ice mass annually.

With alternate-day fasting, people reduced weekly calories by 37% on average and shed an average of 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds).