Is your diet no longer working? Give this a try!

08 Tuesday Jun 2021

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Dieters, if you’ve hit a weight loss plateau, try going OFF your diet for 2 weeks. That advice comes from the International Congress on Obesity. They found that people who switched on and off from a diet plan lost more weight than those who continuously dieted. That’s because intermittent dieting prevents your metabolism from slowing down too much – which usually happens when you cut back on calories. So try 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off, then keep going back and forth.

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Could living longer be as simple as fidgeting more?

01 Wednesday May 2019

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Research on over 35,000 people says YES!

According to the Queensland University of Technology, the average adult sits between 10 to 15-hours a day! And long-term sitting has been linked to obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and heart disease. But people who fidgeted while seated – by tapping their feet, drumming fingers, or jiggling legs – were able to reduce the damage done by too much sitting. And they ended up living longer, healthier lives than those who sat motionless at their desks all day.

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Drink water to lose weight!

29 Friday Mar 2019

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You can lose over 5 pounds in 12 weeks without changing what you eat, or how much you exercise. How? Drink a glass of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner. According to a study in the journal Obesity, it works simply by filling you up, so you eat less. And drinking TWO glasses of water before each meal helped people lose TWICE as much weight. It’s as simple as that.

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Researchers have identified another consequence of obesity:

19 Monday Feb 2018

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Doctors need longer needles to give injections in the rear end. Researchers from the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin found that two-thirds of overweight patients did not get a full dose of medication because a standard size needle wasn’t long enough to penetrate the fat of their buttocks to reach muscle tissue.

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Stress or obesity: Which one costs us more?

18 Wednesday Oct 2017

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When it comes to medical spending – which costs us more: Conditions related to stress – or obesity? Would you believe medical spending is TWICE as high for stress-related issues? According to the American Institute of Stress, U.S. businesses spend $300 billion dollars a year on health issues linked to stress, from high blood pressure, to back problems, to sleep disorders! Obesity has its own vast set of problems. But we could save a lot of money if we could get our stress under control. Meditation anyone?

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Living in a tree-filled neighborhood is good for you!

06 Monday Feb 2017

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Researchers from the University of Chicago looked at data on the amount of trees in one city – along with detailed information on the health of more than 30,000 city residents. And people in neighborhoods with more trees reported significantly fewer symptoms of metabolic syndrome – like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity or diabetes. It’s down to the healing and restorative effect of nature.

Hovering over your kids may be hurting them

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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If you want your kids to be more physically active, STOP being a helicopter parent. A study at North Carolina State University found that parents who watch their children like hawks are actually hurting their child’s overall health and welfare. Because when moms and dads always jump in to help, or keep a child safe, it interrupts the so-called “flow of play.” So, instead of kids running around with their friends, they’re more likely to sit quietly in front of the computer or TV… Which raises their risk for obesity.

What’s contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic?

24 Thursday Mar 2016

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Research now points to pizza! The University of Illinois studied more than 12,000 kids over a 7-year span. And the research found that on the days when teens eat pizza, they consume 230 more calories overall. The problem is that they don’t cut back on their other meals on pizza days. So the researchers suggest that when we let our kids have pizza, we pair it with an equal amount of salad or a vegetable. So, 2 slices plus a salad, instead of letting kids eat 4 slices on their own.

Do you walk enough every day?

15 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Walking more throughout the day really DOES help you stay trim. Want proof? University of Copenhagen researchers asked volunteers to reduce their steps from an average of 10,000 per day to about a thousand.

The results? The participants’ belly-fat levels increased by 7 percent after just 2 weeks of cutting back. The study authors say that skipping the gym doesn’t cause obesity, being sedentary is the true culprit.

So use a pedometer and aim to walk more throughout the day. Just so you know, 10,000 steps – or roughly five miles – is considered ideal.

How much sitting is bad for you?

15 Monday Jun 2015

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4 hours or more at a stretch causes an enzyme that controls fat and cholesterol metabolism to nearly shut down. So get up and move – walk around the block or down the hall at work to fire up your metabolism again.

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Tag Archives: obesity

Is your diet no longer working? Give this a try!

Could living longer be as simple as fidgeting more?

Drink water to lose weight!

Researchers have identified another consequence of obesity:

Stress or obesity: Which one costs us more?

Living in a tree-filled neighborhood is good for you!

Hovering over your kids may be hurting them

What’s contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic?

Do you walk enough every day?

How much sitting is bad for you?