Claire Madigan – The Conversation

Breakfast – especially a high-fibre one – may help prevent weight regain. Red Stock/ Shutterstock

July 26, 2023

Seven techniques to avoid weight regain, approved by experts

Henrietta Graham, Loughborough University and Claire Madigan, Loughborough University

Weight regain might be common, but that doesn’t mean you can’t prevent it.

People lost almost 4kg on average when working with a GP. fizkes/ Shutterstock

May 31, 2022

Claire Madigan, Loughborough University and Liz Sturgiss, Monash University

Our study showed that people who followed advice from their GP kept almost all of the weight they lost off two years later.

Make your daily dog walks a little longer. Serhii Bobyk/ Shutterstock

October 1, 2021

Claire Madigan, Loughborough University and Henrietta Graham, Loughborough University

Making small changes daily can help prevent weight gain in the long run.

Tracking what you eat is one method proven to work. Okrasiuk/ Shutterstock

March 4, 2021

Claire Madigan, Loughborough University

Behavioural psychology aims to help us understand why we make the choices we do.

But it depends on whether you’re a healthy weight to start. Henrique Félix

February 28, 2018

Claire Madigan, University of Sydney and Wendy Brown, The University of Queensland

We found that over 12 years, women who had an unhealthy weight and had yo-yoed didn’t gain more weight than women who had never yo-yoed.

We’re less able to burn fat and process carbs at night. Shutterstock/Dean Drobot

December 12, 2017

Mackenzie Fong, University of Sydney and Claire Madigan, University of Sydney

It comes down to what and how much you eat over the day, rather than when you eat most of your food.