Moderate Sleep And Less Stress May Help With Weight Loss
If you want to increase your chances of losing weight, reduce your stress level and get adequate sleep. A new Kaiser Permanente study found that people trying to lose at least 10 pounds were more likely to reach that goal if they had lower stress levels and slept more than six hours but not more than eight hours a night. The paper, published today in... more
Childhood Obesity Linked With Health Habits, Not Heredity
Are some children genetically tuned to be overweight, or is lifestyle to blame for childhood obesity? Check-ups of 1,003 Michigan 6th graders in a school-based health program showed children who are obese were more likely to consume school lunch instead of a packed lunch from home and spend two hours a day watching TV or playing a video game. The results... more
Six Tips To Jump Start Weight Loss In The New Year
Losing weight is at the top of many a New Year’s resolution list. In addition to maintaining a healthy diet and getting enough exercise, what else can one do to make sure those good intentions have a lasting impact throughout the year? Below are research-based tips from investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that may help jump... more
Revolutionary Incisionless Weight Loss Procedure Comes To The UK
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital has announced that it will be the first hospital in the UK to offer the incisionless TOGA® Procedure for treatment of obesity commencing in January 2011. The TOGA Procedure has been used to treat over 450 patients worldwide – its incision-free approach is very minimally invasive and offers the benefits of minimal... more
Nonprofit Weight Loss Program Beats Obesity
In the battle against obesity, new research has found that it may not be necessary to spend a lot on a weight loss program when cheaper, nonprofit alternatives may work just as well. Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found those who spent three years in the nonprofit Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) program lost five to... more
New Research Shows Potatoes Can Be Part Of A Weight Loss Regimen
Research just released by the University of California, Davis and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology demonstrates that people can include potatoes in their diet and still lose weight. This research was presented at the Obesity Society’s 28th Annual Scientific Meeting October 8-12, 2010. The study... more
Enjoy Mediterranean Diet Plan To Lose Weight and Live Longer!
Do you want to lose weight and love longer? Try Mediterranean diet plan. This special plan emphasizes the basics of eating healthy like eating lots of fish, vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and incorporates unconventional components such as olive oil and red wine. By adding these variations to a diet that has been proven successful, a person can... more
How To Lose Weight Healthily? Let Me Share Some Tips With You
I can’t believe that there are still so many out there who are still thinking that they can really slim down much faster by starving hard. Though it is indeed true that this might get you results initially, if you ask any doctor, they will really prevent you from doing so. Doctors will only be the counsellors of healthier diets. The body will... more
Losing Weight (Burning Fat) – Week 3
Unfortunately another disrupted week in regards to outdoor exercising and my much needed bike riding. More rain and then my young son had a fall at the local shopping centre hurting his arm, which resulted in a mad dash to the emergency or casualty section of the local private hospital. Turned out he may have broken his wrist, so the doctor put a small... more
My must have exercise and fat burning equipment #3
My next must have piece of equipment in my quest to lose weight (fat) is a quality Body fat Monitor. As we all know by now it is not so much our weight, but our body fat than can do the real damage and our goal is really to lose body fat not necessarily weight. So how do we know where we stand with weight versus body fat? With a good Body Fat Monitor... more