Bariatric surgery not a quick fix for obesity according to student’s award-winning research: Bariatric surgery is not a quick fix for obesity and patients need extra support, possibly on an ongoing basis, according to award-winning research by a Coventry University student. BSc dietetics graduate Mariha Ansari’s final year research project as part of her degree investigated the eating and weight loss experiences of […]
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Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a new study from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust that demonstrates that age is no barrier to losing weight. The researchers hope that their […]
The key to successful weight loss for men is women when they live with a female partner, a new study has found. Led by Dr Sheela Tripathee, now at the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Applied Health Sciences and previously of the University of Glasgow, it explored the support men received from a co-habiting partner […]
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Surgery remains the most effective and cost-effective long-term approach to reducing weight for adults who are severely obese, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. However, the study also found that high quality weight management programmes (WMPs) are effective tools in reducing weight for up to 10 years in some cases. The study, […]
Summer time is a perfect season to start a healthy diet, but trying to lose weight can be hard work as well as stressful and frustrating. So instead of following strict fad diets such as the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet or liquid diet, how about simply eating less carbohydrates combined with foods rich […]
Intermittent energy restriction diets, such as the 5:2 diet, clears fat from the blood quicker after eating meals than daily calorie restriction diets – reducing an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a new study in the British Journal of Nutrition reports. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey […]
Losing weight is quite a battle. It requires an endless amount of discipline, both in the kitchen and in the gym. You need to consistently and regularly move your body, building an exercise routine which suits you, but you also need to keep a healthy and balanced lifestyle at home, eating everything in moderation and […]
In tribal societies, obesity is often seen as a sign of health and beauty. However, in the developed world it is regarded as a disease that mainly affects the poor. It wasn’t always like this: Our ancestors were hunter gatherers and didn’t always have energy ready. During the harsh Neolithic winters food was scarce and […]
Conference calling has been used by the business community for great effect for years, but it has also been helping women and men lose weight with excellent results. As a specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy counsellor working on the LighterLife 2U programme, I personally support around 100 women a week this way – not meeting in […]
When I hear people being advised to exercise more and eat less to lose weight, I despair because the conventional advice is scientifically and biologically fundamentally flawed. The actual foolproof way to lose weight is to precisely the opposite – eat more and exercise less, but it has to be done in the correct way. […]