Over the festive season, many of us will have eaten and drunk much more than we usually would – it has been estimated that the average person in the UK consumes around [...]
With readouts on cardio machines and fitness trackers, counting calorie expenditure has become part of the human condition. And until recently, the conventional wisdom was [...]
Are you gaining weight despite “doing all the right things?” When it comes to fat loss, more exercise and less food is not always the answer. Although this [...]
In the Unites States, 70 percent of adults are overweight, with 37 percent being obese. With these numbers, it is no surprise that most people have been on some sort of diet [...]
Weight loss aside, cutting calories can be good for overall health, including staving off neurodegenerative diseases, according to recent research. Researchers at Johns [...]
When you’re trying to lose weight, your gym time is all about the burn. But the kind of energy you’re using to fuel your pounds-dropping fire isn’t all the [...]
The main aim of the UK’s new tax on sugary soft drinks is to reduce obesity in children. But, apart from causing child – and adult – obesity, too much sugar also [...]
How does the size of the table we eat at influence how much we eat? This is the question that researchers posed and answered in a new study published in the Journal of the [...]