Category Archives: Weight Loss

SCIENTIFIC THINKING ABOUT WEIGHT CONTROL

2009-05-08T12:08:15+0000">May 8, 2009 – 12:08 pm

Adjustment in living systems: The biological model To cater for the dynamic nature of energetics in living systems, a second phase of thinking in the field incorporated rates of change, i.e: Rate of change of energy stores= Rate of energy intake (EI) – Rate of energy expenditure (EE) The use of ‘rates’ in this equation [...]

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WEIGHT LOSS: WHO HAS AN EATING DISORDER?

2009-04-23T04:40:15+0000">April 23, 2009 – 4:40 am

Depending on the population studied, between 2 percent and 1 percent of teenage females have had anorexia. Bulimia is more common. Estimates range from upward of 1 percent of adolescent and young adult females in the general population to 4 percent of female college students. Typically, anorexia strikes between the ages of fourteen and eighteen; [...]

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END EMOTION-DRIVEN EATING: SHE MAKES INDULGING FEEL LIKE A BIG EVENT

2009-04-23T03:53:41+0000">April 23, 2009 – 3:53 am

For Rosemary Chiaverini, weight loss and gain had been a lifetime struggle. “I tried everything short of getting my stomach stapled and my mouth wired shut,” says the 50-year-old Sherman Oaks, California, resident. In 1995, when she reached 241 pounds, she decided to join Weight Watchers. There, she learned the principles of healthy eating and [...]

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