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Two thirds of Brits on a diet most of the time
I have never smoked. I have never even put a cigarette between my lips; never wondered what it would be like. My mother smoked when we were children and my brother, father and I hated it so much that...
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‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets
A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was called “Effect of Wearable Technology Combined With a Lifestyle Intervention...
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These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January New Year Resolutions – how to be the 1 in 12. Research shows that just 1 in 12 people achieve New Year Resolutions. What...
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Men, Women & Dieting
This week’s note comes from a global collaboration between researchers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The research was reported as “men are more successful than women at dieting” (Ref 1) and...
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Slimming World’s view of low carb diets
The UK Sun newspaper seems to have been the first to pick up this story: “‘CARBFUSION’ Low-carb diets are ‘damaging the nation’s health’ say Slimming World experts” (Ref 1). It was soon covered by...
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Christmas & weight gain
Executive summary * The festive period is notorious for weight gain and this phenomenon has been the subject of academic studies. * Study 1 in this note (272 adults, UK) encouraged restraint in the...
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Metabolism, dieting & reaching goal weight
Executive summary * A paper has just been published, which examined the impact of a very low-calorie diet on metabolism and the time it takes to reach goal weight. * It involved 65 women, with an...
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Top tips for festive eating
Introduction Every Monday we send out a newsletter that looks at a particular aspect of diet and health in the news. This will be the last note before Christmas, so I thought it might be timely and...
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The Rice Diet
Executive summary * This week's note was inspired by a newsletter about a presentation (by Denise Minger) about a diet used decades ago for the treatment of obesity and other health conditions. * The...
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Why do you overeat?
Introduction We’ve got a break from dissecting academic papers this week as it is almost 20 years to the day since my first book was published. It was called “Why do you overeat? When all you want is...
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