The weight loss industry is big business, with big dollars to be made from how big the population has become. If you’ve been contemplating how you can cash in on the weight loss goldmine, then you’ve come to the right place. Simply follow my 12-step guide to writing a best-selling diet book and you will […]
Explainer: overweight, obese, BMI – what does it all mean?
Australians are getting fatter and there’s no dispute over how this increasing weight is affecting our health. Different methods of assessing body fat can give different interpretations of just how much excess weight a person is carrying, but all methods point in the same direction when applied over time. The most common measure of body […]
It’s true: hungry shoppers buy more food
A scientific study has finally given credence to what many people intuitively know: never go shopping on an empty stomach. Fasting or food deprivation in a restrictive diet is well-known to increase both the quantity and quality of food a person eats when they break their fast or diet. It seems logically then that this […]
Pay attention if you want to lose weight
Attentive eating is a hot topic in nutrition research. A recent review of the research to date finds that mindful eating can be a powerful behaviour change in helping with weight loss. Diets come and go, yet few offer any real long-term solution for weight loss and weight maintenance. An overall change in lifestyle and […]
Can lack of sleep make you fat?
One of the more surprising factors linked to weight gain is lack of sleep. More and more research studies are finding that poor sleep patterns and insufficient sleep are closely linked to weight gain and obesity. And now yet another clinical study has confirmed the growing body of evidence linking inadequate sleep to obesity. The […]