Weight loss is beneficial for your health – even if it requires a few attempts to get to your goal weight.
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Due to the body’s natural tendency to restore its former weight, many people regain their lost weight when they stop using GLP-1 drugs.
Social media and advertising is full of messages about what you should or shouldn’t eat. But making health and nutrition so black and white can do more harm than good.
Crash diets could even have the opposite effect on your waist line.
Hara hachi bu is an eating practice followed by some of the world’s oldest people.
Restrictive diets of rice, pineapple or artichoke can cause sudden weight loss – but they aren’t healthy.
While natural approaches to raising GLP-1 are not as potent as medications, they provide a drug-free approach to weight loss and healthy eating.
Small dietary changes can make a big difference to how you feel, how your body functions and health indicators such as blood pressure.
Some advice for staying healthy may sound familiar. But other recommendations – such as a fig-only diet for athletes – may raise eyebrows.
An exercise science specialist defines this nutrition term you might hear tossed around by people who are focused on a particular diet.
Many people report eating as a way of helping them to cope when experiencing difficult emotions. Here’s what you can do about it.
A new study in mice suggests fasting could increase the risk of cancer. Yet previous research has said the opposite. Here’s what to make of these conflicting findings.
Actor Jameela Jamil recently revealed that 20 years of dieting had left her with poor bone density.
Editor’s note: In March 2024, The Conversation published an article based on new research from the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. The small study found drinking apple cider vinegar might…
Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will lead to more lasting change and positive outcomes than quick-fix dieting will.
The demand for off-label weight loss drugs like Ozempic is concerning, because of the impact on weight stigma and the health risks of unsupervised weight loss, including developing eating disorders.
Slow, gradual weight loss is more advantageous for your health in the long run.
When we change our diet, we disrupt our appetite hormones. Here’s how it works – and how small changes to our diet can help us feel fuller for longer.
Research shows that focusing strictly on weight loss is not only ineffective in the long term, it can even be harmful and counterproductive.
Ads for targeted fat loss, especially
for belly fat, are everywhere on social media. But is there any evidence to support this type of ‘spot reduction’?
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Twentieth Century History, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Surrey
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Newcastle
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Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
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