Nutrition Diva joined Maryland Morning recently for a chat about the American obsession with dieting.
Is there such a thing as an unhealthy fascination with health?
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Posts Tagged 'dieting'
Nutrition Diva Interview on NPR
Published October 27, 2011 Nutrition Diva 1 CommentTags: dieting, nutrition, research
Need to Lose a Few Pounds? Try This.
Published September 9, 2011 Nutrition Diva 3 CommentsTags: dieting, weight loss
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What if you could lose a few pounds by dieting for just one hour every day? Sure beats being on a diet all day long! And it just might work. A recent study suggests that eating one low-calorie meal each day can lead to weight loss. Continue reading ‘Need to Lose a Few Pounds? Try This.’
Why Does Weight Loss Slow Down Over Time?
Published September 2, 2011 Nutrition Diva 26 CommentsTags: calories, dieting, metabolism, weight loss
A recent study found that dieters lose weight more quickly at the beginning of their diets. Even when they stick to their diets, the rate of weight loss slows down over time. (Most of us didn’t need a big medical center study to tell us that.)
The headlines claim that this “study questions the ‘calories in, calories out’ equation for body weight.” Really? There’s actually a pretty simple explanation for this well-known phenomenon — one that doesn’t require us to abandon the First Law of Thermodynamics.
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The Controversy Over “Maggie Goes on a Diet”
Published August 30, 2011 Nutrition Diva 14 CommentsTags: body image, children, dieting, kids, weight loss
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If it’s really true that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, then the publicist for the forthcoming children’s book, “Maggie Goes on a Diet” (Aloha Publishers) must think she’s died and gone to heaven. The book isn’t due out until October and but it’s a trending topic online this week.
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