Sadly yes. Your risk of death does increase as you gain fat weight, and this goes for both men and women. Many researchers use Body Mass Index (BMI) to assess your degree of overweight. To calculate your BMI divide your weight in kilograms by your height in meters, squared. The normal weight range is considered [...]
The new world landscapes are obesogenic– they promote obesity. Think again when you find yourself in any of these situations and try to make the choice that will increase your energy expenditure or reduce your energy intake, for the day. Weight loss is a maths equation managed by choice! Make better choices!
We used to think fat cells (also called adipocytes) were passive little things whose sole purpose was to store fat. However, fat had us fooled until about a decade ago when we discovered that fat was an active endocrine organ that influenced important events like vascular tone regulation and appetite, to mention just a few [...]
I just love it when we get compared to primates! A study was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald suggesting that cutting our calories in order to lose weight would only result in an automatic reduction in our exercise output, meaning that we would maintain weight. And, why did they draw that conclusion? Because that’s [...]
It appears the main issue impacting on health systems globally is the over-consumption of food. In the stone age and some centuries ago the ability to gain weight in times of plenty served us well during famines and wars. However, in our current times the over-consumption of food is aggravated by a sedentary lifestyle in [...]
You can break bad dieting habits and get the body you want Changing behaviour and ways of thinking is not easy, but it is not impossible either. We have all heard the saying: “If you keep on doing what you are doing, you will get more of what you’ve got” Well, nothing could be truer [...]
Most Western countries have identified the fight against fat as their primary health protection target. However, many developing countries are suffering the same fate. The top ten countries, from highest to lowest, in prevalence of obesity between 1980 – 1998 will probably surprise you. They were: 1. Samoa 2. Kuwait 3. UK 4. New Zealand [...]
The increasing prevalence of obesity across the globe has been too rapid to be explained by a genetic shift. Over the last few decades we have simply eaten more than we needed. While the increased rate of obesity can be attributed to changes in the food supply and eating behaviour combined with a reduction in [...]
As the popular song originally recorded by Billy Ocean in 1985 clearly states, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Maintaining change, be it weight loss, good exercise habits or remembering to be more positive and less reactive is difficult. Scott Peck warned us in the first sentence of his famous book, The [...]
Time & time again we hear our clients talk about emotional eating – turning to food to soothe emotions related to major events & daily stress.They say things like, “But I was really stressed…” “I just felt sad…” “It calmed me down” Emotional eating is reported as one of the most common reasons our clients sabotage their [...]
