Low fat diet is key to a slimmer figure, study suggests

Exchanging fatty foods for lower fat alternatives will help people shift around three-and-a-half pounds — without any other form of dieting.

Obesity Resulting From High-Fat, High-Sugar Foods May Impair Brain, Fuel Overeating

“Betcha can’t eat just one!” For obese people trying to lose weight, the Lays potato chip advertising slogan hits a bit too close to home as it describes the daily battle to resist high calorie foods…

Tool That Helps Dietitians Deliver Info Clients Need And Can Understand

If you’ve consulted with a nutrition educator about how best to lose weight or manage your diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, you may not have learned as much as you could have, said a University of Illinois professor of nutrition extension…

Helping Primary Care Physicians To Counsel Obese Patients With Obesity

Managing adult obesity is challenging for primary care physicians, but a new review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to provide an evidence-based approach to counselling patients to help them lose weight and maintain weight loss…

Study Finds Most Weight Loss Supplements Are Not Effective

An Oregon State University researcher has reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off – it doesn’t exist. Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2…

Most weight loss supplements are not effective

Scientists have reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off — it doesn’t exist.

Eat Out, Lose Weight, Mindfully

Eating out frequently and consuming large, energy-rich portions can result in excess calorie intake and weight gain. Now a new study suggests people don’t have to stop eating out to lose weight, even if they dine out frequently, as long as they take a mindful approach to eating…

Breast Cancer Prevention – Part Time Low Carb Diet Better Than Standard Full Time Diets

Women who go on a low carb diet just two days per week have a lower risk of developing breast cancer compared to those who follow a standard calorie-restricted diet every day of the week, in order to lose weight and lower their insulin blood levels.

Weight Loss Undermined By Mid-Morning Snacks

Adult females who are dieting in order to lose weight, may find their pounds come off much more slowly if they have a snack between their breakfast and lunch, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reported in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association…

Dieters Fail Because Of Hormones Not Lack Of Will Power

New research released tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that people fail to lose weight on diets, more because of hormone imbalances than lack of will power…

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