How to lose weight and keep it off, according to science
Controlling food intake and energy output is key, as your body doesn’t know when you’ve overeaten
Losing weight is often at the forefront of many people’s minds at the start of the year. But if weight loss was your goal for 2019, chances are you’ve already experienced some challenges. That’s because sticking to a strict calorie-controlled diet is not an easy task in modern environments where tasty and high-energy foods are attractive and easily available. Dieting is also made particularly difficult by our body’s rapid response to decreases in food intake but opposing lack of response to overeating. This will be a familiar experience for many who have experienced almost immediate increases in hunger when dieting. Most people will also have experienced how easy it is to overeat during holiday periods or other occasions. A main-course meal at a UK full-service restaurant, for example, is likely to contain more than half of the calories required for an entire day. Overeating not detected Our recent research has shown that overeating is poorly detected in humans, even when energy int...
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