Word: weightfulness
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...according to most obesity experts, is to set realistic goals. Expect what is achievable: a 250-lb. person isn't likely to slim down to supermodel proportions in her lifetime, but she may be able to lose 10 or 20 lb. A moderate 5% or 10% reduction in body weight can significantly improve health, by lowering cholesterol and the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. For many doctors who work with obese patients, the goal is not thinness but well-being - and, ultimately for the patient, self-acceptance...
...secret to losing weight? There is none. "It's basic physiology," Loria says. "Eat fewer calories than you expend...
Breaking news: Harvard figured out that feeding chubby people doughnuts won’t help them lose weight...
...always thought that eating fewer calories would lead to weight loss. Well, after two years, an 811 person study, and who knows how much money (cough, financial crisis, cough), Harvard’s setting the record straight...
...study asked its participants—who were each assigned to a diet that emphasized either proteins, carbohydrates, or fat—to cut their calorie intake by 750 calories a day and were asked to exercise each week. Regardless of which diet they were on, all participants lost weight...