Moving it for Weight Loss

Prizes for weight loss.

A programme of weight loss competitions and associated activities in Tonga, intended to combat obesity and the noncommunicable diseases linked to it, has popular support and the potential to effect significant improvements in health.

The healthy weight debate: does it apply to weight loss in obesity?

E‐mail: [email protected] Given the dificulty in reversing over the next decades the underlying factors that are driving current obesity trends, a comprehensive, pro‐active, long‐term strategy and sustain‐ able response to deal with the challenges posed by this epidemic is urgently needed. In the current scenario encoura ging the instauration of programmes for early competent diagnosis, treatme...

Minimum-weight Design for Moving Loads

Motivational interviewing for weight loss.

MI is a patient-centered directive counseling style that aims to facilitate patients' likelihood of making behavior change through the exploration and strengthening of personal motivations. Hallmarks of MI include a collaborative relationship between patient and practitioner, a focus on the elicitation and enhancement of change talk, a nonconfrontational style, and a concerted effort to minimiz...

Low-Fat or Low Carb for Weight Loss? It Depends on Your Glucose Metabolism

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.07.001 2352-3964/© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B Over the past 30 years there has been a controversy about the optimal diet composition for weight loss and maintenance. Some have defended the more conventional low-fat high-carbohydrate diet (Astrup et al., 2000), whereas others point at a restriction in carbohydrates as being more effective. ...