Tag — Weight Loss Tips

A 4-year study by the American College of Sports Medicine, published in Health & Fitness Journal, reveals fitness trends for the coming year. The research, conducted through global surveys, does not report on fitness fads (often exacerbated by celebrity endorsements) and instead focuses on sustainable trends that have made a noteworthy impact on the industry as a whole.

Childhood obesity and how to effectively tackle it will become one of the biggest focuses in 2010. This increasingly growing problem will create a new commercial market while community-based organisations will be created to help address the fact that this new generation may not live as long as their parents or grandparents.

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Remember that book, French Women Don’t Get Fat, written by Mireille Guilano in 2004, in which she rambled on and on as to how the fairer sex in France maintain their svelte figures even though the country’s national foods are pastries, cheese and wine? Well it seems French Women DO get fat.

According to a study by TNS Sofres Healthcare and pharmaceuticals company Roche, 26% of the women in France are classified as clinically overweight and 15.1% obese. The research, which was published this week, also noted that the male population has put on weight as well: 38.5% are overweight and 13.9% are obese.

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We all know that eating our food slower, taking the time to really enjoy it instead of just wolfing it down makes us feel fuller quicker. A recent study has found a scientific explanation for your mother’s clichéd warning.

“Our study provides a possible explanation for the relationship between speed eating and overeating by showing that the rate at which someone eats may impact the release of gut hormones that signal the brain to stop eating,” says lead researcher Dr Alexander Kokkinos to Reuters Health in an official statement.

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The city of New York’s health department has announced that the nationwide calorie-labeling initiative is not as effective in curbing the nation’s obesity crisis as the government hopes it will be. In fact, the program may even be futile.

The health department compared data of 10 965 purchases in 13 restaurants in 275 areas in the spring of 2007 with that of 12 153 purchases in the same restaurants in the spring of 2009. Little changed in the number of calories that were actually consumed in the restaurants, even though the calorie information was made visible. [Read more →]

Ok, so apparently there are quite a few foods that can help you lose weight and shed excess pounds. A new study has just added tomatoes to the already long list.

While it’s a no brainer that fruits and vegetables are more likely to help you stay healthy than processed foods, researchers from the University of Reading have found that tomatoes can assist your weight-loss program because the lycopene found in them make you feel fuller (causing you to eat less).

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The World Champion athlete and boxer Laila Ali is dedicated to ‘knocking out’ childhood obesity. Most recently she has worked with the Live Like A Champion Tour which is an award-winning initiative based out of California.   The tour encourages kids to get active by teaching them interactive games and sports-themed activities.  Ali is one of the newest council members and she was at Kentwood elementary last week showing the kids conditioning exercises.  She said, [Read more →]

Lucy Danziger, editor of Self magazine, is practicing what she preaches to her readers every month. She’s turned down the car service her publishers provide for her every morning, and has instead decided to ride her bicycle to work every day.

The New York Times recently ran a piece on the editor, saying that after Condé Naste closed down 4 of its titles and heavily clamped down on budgets on all the others, Lucy decided to give up the town car service and hop on her bike.

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With the nation now fully focused on its alarming obesity crisis, more and more studies are being conducted in an attempt to find ways that help and encourage overweight individuals to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. One such study looks at the influence of weight-loss and exercise-related podcasts.

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The week may be nearly over, but you can still do your part during Fat Talk Free Week.

The Reflections: Body Image Program is running a week-long campaign to get women to stop “fat talking” and help change the perception of what is fat and what is healthy. The organization, together with Delta Delta Delta and other partners, are raising awareness across the nation of the dangers of “fat talk” and the effects it has on a woman’s self-esteem and confidence.

“10 million women are dealing with eating disorders in this country, which is more than are suffering from breast cancer. It’s time we take control over our own destinies, our own bodies, and our own inner dialogues,” the program says on its website. “We’re changing the conversation to create a more positive body image for ourselves, our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, and our friends.”

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Tanya Zuckerhost, nutritionist, author of The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret of Permanent Weight Loss, and creator of Skinny and the City website, says the secret to losing weight without hunger pangs and cutting back on the amount of food you eat is fiber.

Tanya told Examiner.com that fiber makes you feel fuller and because you feel fuller you’re less likely to snack on meals or overeat.

“The optimum amount of fiber for weight loss is 25-30 grams of fiber per day for women and 38 grams of fiber per day for men,” Tanya was quoted as saying. “The good news is that it’s almost impossible to get too much fiber. In fact, many of my patients consume 50-60 grams of fiber per day.”

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