Weight Issues
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Research shows you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to achieve health benefits
Losing just 5%-10% of our body weight can reduce major health risks.
Nick Fuller, The Conversation
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Food, activity and sleep: How to improve ‘sluggish’ metabolism
A ‘slow’ metabolism is the first thing to be blamed when weight loss becomes a struggle.
Nick Fuller, The Conversation
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Trying to lose weight? Increasing daily water intake does not really help
The claim is that water helps burn calories and reduce appetite, which in turn leads to weight loss. But there’s little evidence to support this.
Duane Mellor, The Conversation
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Fibre, balanced with carbs, could hold the key to weight management
Modern processed grains like white rice and white flour as well as many ultraprocessed foods have removed fibres that are naturally a part of many types of food
Christopher Damman, The Conversation
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After decades of being the standard, BMI is no longer the most accurate indicator of obesity
As the index does not directly measure body fat for an individual, the healthcare professionals now recommend using other measures of assessment.
Scott Hagan, The Conversation
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Is it better to lose weight slowly or quickly? Here’s what researchers say
Regardless of how you lose the weight, it is very difficult to maintain losses.
Nick Fuller, The Conversation
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Want to lose weight? Watch others eat junk food, say researchers
Dieters imagining themselves eating junk food consciously associate it with a failure to reach their weight loss goals.
Birau Mia, The Conversation & Carolina OC Werle, The Conversation
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Why exercise probably can’t help you target fatty areas of the body
We can’t choose where our body stores fat, we can’t choose where we lose it either.
Christopher Gaffney, The Conversation
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Policeman fat-shamed by Shobhaa De on Twitter undergoes weight loss surgery
Doctors at Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital hope that Daulatram Jogawat, who is diabetic and weighs 180 kg, will lose 80 kg over the next year.
Scroll Staff
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