Chewing can help you lose weight? Seriously?
Yes,
it can, but only if you do it right, says Brian Udermann, a professor
at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse who studies health myths.
A
study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association in
2008 found that participants who ate a meal in eight minutes consumed 11
percent more calories than those who ate the same meal in 21 minutes —
645 for the fast eaters versus 579 for the slow eaters. The researchers
also found that the slower eaters drank more water during the meal and
rated the food more satisfying and pleasant.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Text Messaging, Social Media can Help College Students Lose Weight
October 17, 2011
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Melissa Napolitano, PhD.
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Look around on any college
campus and you'll likely see hordes of students with heads down and
thumbs furiously tapping away on their smart phones. A new study from
Temple finds that this very act — texting and visiting Facebook — can
help college students lose weight.
The study, led by
Melissa Napolitano, an Associate Professor of Kinesiology and a
psychologist at the Center for Obesity Research and Education, compared
weight loss among a cohort of 52 college-age students, mostly women, who
were broken into three groups:
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- Facebook group — these participants visited a private Facebook page to get eating and exercise tips and viewed podcasts on how to improve diet and exercise routines.
- Facebook-plus group — participants visited the same page, but also received personalized, one-on-one feedback from a researcher via text messaging.
- Control group — participants received no diet or exercise advice and were put on a waiting list to participate in the program.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Overweight people eat less often: study
(Reuters) - Overweight adults eat less often than people in the normal body weight range, but still take in more calories and are less active over the course of the day, according to a U.S. study.
By contrast, normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Can weight loss reset health risks in heavy kids?
By Gene Emery
NEW YORK | Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:21pm EST
(Reuters Health) - Overweight children who shed their excess pounds in adulthood don't face a higher risk of obesity-related health problems, an analysis of four studies involving children and adults in the United States, Australia and Finland has concluded.
The findings don't prove weight loss in itself will eliminate the extra risks, but they mean overweight or obese children are not automatically destined for higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
NEW YORK | Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:21pm EST
(Reuters Health) - Overweight children who shed their excess pounds in adulthood don't face a higher risk of obesity-related health problems, an analysis of four studies involving children and adults in the United States, Australia and Finland has concluded.
The findings don't prove weight loss in itself will eliminate the extra risks, but they mean overweight or obese children are not automatically destined for higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Men and heavy people may outpace women and slim people in eating speed
By Jeannine Stein
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — If we are what we eat, we also may be how fast we eat. Two studies from the University of Rhode Island offer some insight into the relationship between how fast we eat and how much we eat.
The first study compared eating rates and calories consumed among 30 men and 30 women at various meals. Researchers discovered that people who ate quickly consumed about 3.1 ounces of food per minute, versus 2.5 ounces per minute for medium-speed eaters and 2 ounces per minute for slow eaters.
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — If we are what we eat, we also may be how fast we eat. Two studies from the University of Rhode Island offer some insight into the relationship between how fast we eat and how much we eat.
The first study compared eating rates and calories consumed among 30 men and 30 women at various meals. Researchers discovered that people who ate quickly consumed about 3.1 ounces of food per minute, versus 2.5 ounces per minute for medium-speed eaters and 2 ounces per minute for slow eaters.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Negative calories for weight loss

Time and again one hears on special foods for weight loss. With the search for a magic bullet for weight loss, some foods too have been tagged as negative calories implying that they have no calories.
It is believed that one can lose weight by eating these negative calorie foods as they supposedly take more energy to process and digest than they provide in calories.
For example, one will burn about 60 calories digesting a 15-calorie piece of celery, with a loss of 45 calories. This is because it is predominantly composed of water and indigestible fiber in the form of cellulose. Other examples include cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, berries, turnip, radish, asparagus, grapefruit, cucumber, lettuce and spinach.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Extreme Weight Loss: Man Loses 191 Pounds in Bet With His Wife
By SABRINA PARISE and KATIE KINDELAN
Nov. 10, 2011
So the Fulton, N.Y., couple embarked on a bet to start the New Year: Who could lose the most weight the fastest.
Now, 11 months later, Jay Wornick is eating a lot less, and his wife is eating her words.
"I thought I had this one in the bag," she said today on "Good Morning America," where her husband revealed his new 191-pounds slimmer figure to the world. "But he was determined."
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