Weight loss news 2006-11

2006-11-29 KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA Diet Right

Your program should include plans for weight maintenance after the weight loss phase is over. It is of little benefit to lose a large amount of weight only to regain it. Weight maintenance is the most difficult part of controlling weight and is not consistently implemented in weight-loss programs. The program you select should include help in permanently changing your dietary habits and level of physical activity, to alter a lifestyle that may have contributed to weight gain in the past. Your program should provide behavior modification help, including education in healthy eating habits and long-term plans to deal with weight problems. One of the most important factors in maintaining weight loss appears to be increasing daily physical activity, often by sensible increases in daily activity,

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2006-11-22 Runner Roy Pirrung Cites Phony Study Favoring Low-Fat Over The Atkins Diet

A study of about 50,000 women with an average age in their lower 60s were placed on a low-fat/high-carb diet to see what impact the addition of carbohydrates in place of fats would have on weight stability and general health. The study participants were fed foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains in place of the fats in their diet. The low-fat diet participants ate 53 percent of their total caloric intake as carbohydrates while the control group averaged 45 percent carbs. The low-fat dieters ate 120 fewer calories than the control group. After a year had elapsed in the study, the low-fat dieters had not experienced a significant weight loss or gain and the researchers concluded that a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet was not a contributing factor in weight gain and eventual obesity.

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2006-11-24 Ivanhoes Medical Breakthroughs - Weight Loss: Cardio vs. Calorie Restriction

Over 12 months, researchers studied healthy men and women between 50 years and 60 years who lost weight through either diet or exercise. Prior to weight loss, participants had body mass indexes between 23 and 30, so they were either overweight or on the heavy side of the healthy weight BMI range. Dieters reduced their caloric intake between 16 percent and 20 percent. Exercisers engaged in 60 minutes to 90 minutes of cardiovascular activity six times a week and aimed to burn 16 percent to 20 percent of consumed calories. Both groups achieved weight loss, but exercisers achieved greater overall health benefits.

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2006-11-07 Health 24 - Weight loss - Diet detective

So, what do the BBC Diet Trials show That commercial diets can be successful and promote weight loss, but that diets which are difficult to follow, such as the Atkins diet with its high protein and fat content, or the Slim-fast diet that uses diet shakes to replace meals, do not produce as much long-term weight loss as the more balanced approaches such as Weight Watchers and the Rosemary Conley Eat Yourself Slim Diet and Fitness Plan.

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2006-11-23 Combine Exercise and Reduced Calories for Sustained Weight Loss

Research has shown little to no difference in the weight loss rate of 1200 calorie diets and 800 calorie diets. The 1200 calorie threshold is the point where further calorie restriction does not yield faster results. Diets in the range of 800 to 1200 calories a day suppress the resting metabolic rate from the very first day and after some weeks on these diets, the metabolic rate has dropped by up to 20 pct. This metabolic drop is just a consequence of the calorie restriction factor; other factors such as the level of leanness may further depress the calorie expenditure. A big percentage of the quick initial weight loss on a VLCD is water. VLCDs create an illusion of fast fat loss, while in reality most of the weight loss is water. It is hard to continue a very low calorie diet for a prolonged time because the harsh calorie

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2006-11-21 Learning From Losers

Most dieters typically stop bothering to write down what they eat after a few months of weight loss. But many NWCR participants, like runners logging miles and times, have kept a food diary for years, taking measurements and noting precise portions and calorie counts. This allows them to respond quickly to changes in their eating patterns, says Wing. The bonus for runners is that, combined with a training log, a food diary can help determine the crucial connection between eating and energy-like how a late-afternoon snack of fruit and a handful of trail mix might affect your performance on an after-work run.

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2006-11-14 Wellspring UK Achieves Unprecedented Weight Loss in Children and Teenagers

Wellspring UK incorporates a summer camp environment with a focus onweight loss through diet and activity management. It also utilizes a uniquecognitive behavioural therapy to address the psychological and emotionalissues that often prevent successful long-term weight control. Throughout theprogramme students self-monitor their dietary intake and exercise levels andrecord their thoughts and feelings to help them in their goal of becominglong-term weight controllers.

According to Daniel Kirschenbaum, Ph. D. , a professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Northwestern University Medical School in the UnitedStates and clinical director of Healthy Living Academies, the division ofAspen Education that operates Wellspring Camps, not only is the programmesuccessful in addressing weight issues, it also produces positive results interms of young peoples attitudes and outlooks on life. "Weight loss greatlyimproves a childs physical health, but the real miracle that occurs is thechange in the childs self-image, which enhances their outlook on life andreinforces the idea that anything is possible," said Dr. Kirschenbaum.

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2006-11-19 Manila Bulletin Online

Neil enrolled in Club RED on for a six-month weight management program. Club RED is a doctor-managed program that entailed a patient to take an early satiety pill, coupled with exercise and diet. On his third month, his doctor asked him to stop taking the medication because he already lost 35 lbs. Participants in the program usually lose from 5-10 lbs. of the target weight loss for the first month, but he lost 18 lbs. already. On the sixth month, he was down to 165 lbs.

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2006-11-07 When Mindless Eating Stops, Weight Loss Begins

Interestingly, in Appendix A located in the back of the book, Dr. Wansink does a comparison of the various popular weight loss plans highlighting what they are along with the advantages and disadvantages of each, including The South Beach Diet, The Sugar Busters Diet, The Weight Watchers Points Diet, The Zone Diet, and The Atkins Diet. Considering four out of five of these diets are low-carb, it shouldnt be surprising that Dr. Wansink believes these options are "too restrictive," "not suitable for vegetarians," "too expensive," and "cuts out many valuable nutrients. " Sigh. While he certainly has the right to believe these things about livin la vida low-carb, my personal experience has shown otherwise.

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2006-11-04 Diet Decoder

Ricers eat a Lacto-Vegetarian diet (grains, beans, vegetables, fruits and some dairy) six days of the week and the Basic Rice Diet (a limited amount of grains and fruits) one day a week. Phase Two is for weight loss. Ricers eat the Basic Rice Diet one day a week, a Lacto-Vegetarian diet five days a week, adding fish or lean meat on the seventh day. After Ricers reach their goal weight, they start the maintenance phase, which lasts a lifetime. Higher-fat, sodium-rich foods, such as eggs, nuts and olive oil, are now added to the diet.

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