Devlin Brown at the water cooler: Weight gain is just another gift of ageing
Pay more attention to what, why, when and how you eat
17 March 2025 - 05:00
My wife and I eat similar meals, at home, work and restaurants. We both go for walks with the dogs for at least 30 minutes every evening, yet she maintains her weight and I just get heavier. It doesn’t make sense. Do I need to join a gym?
Your question doesn’t go into detail about how much weight you are gaining, but the modern-day, seemingly inexorable slide towards obesity has many causes. This ranges from what you eat and when you eat, to how you eat and why you eat...
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