Doctors have told people who are overweight to exercise more and eat less, when in fact their overweight may be due to genetic or other factors that exercise won’t change. UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity

A doctor’s open apology to those fighting overweight and obesity

All too often the medical community ‘fat-shames’ patients trying to lose weight, when in fact obesity and overweight are complicated medical issues.
Banyak atlet melakukan peregangan sebelum dan setelah berolahraga, tetapi mereka mungkin tidak mendapatkan manfaat dari hal itu. ESB Basic/shutterstock.com

Mengapa peregangan otot penting untuk turunkan berat badan dan olahraga

Siapa yang belum tahu jika melakukan peregangan sebelum dan sesudah olahraga untuk mencegah cedera dan meningkatkan performa? Meski tidak ada bukti ilmiahnya, peregangan juga memiliki manfaat lain.
Many athletes stretch before and after exercise, but they may not be gaining benefits from doing so. ESB Basic/shutterstock.com

Why stretching is (still) important for weight loss and exercise

Who hasn’t been told to stretch before and after exercise to prevent injury and improve performance? There may be no scientific evidence to back that up, although stretching has other benefits.
Aumentar el nivel de ejercicio es una forma de utilizar la energía almacenada en el cuerpo — o sea, a ‘quemar’ grasa. HoonQ/Shutterstock.com

¿Cómo ‘quema’ la grasa nuestro cuerpo?

Todo el mundo te habla de ‘quemar grasa’ para bajar de peso. Pero, ¿qué implica eso en realidad?
Increasing the amount of exercise is one way to use the energy stored in fat cells, or to ‘burn’ fat. HoonQ/Shutterstock.com

How does your body ‘burn’ fat?

Trainers and fitness gurus often tell their charges how to ‘burn fat.’ But what does that actually involve? Here’s a Speed Read on something that actually takes a fairly long time.
The Wizard of Oz promised results he could not deliver but was convincing in his presentation. Diet wizards have done the same for decades. Insomnia Cured Here/Flickr.com

New medical advances marking the end of a long reign for ‘diet wizards’

Dieting fads have been around for more than a century, but none of them has been shown to curb obesity long-term. The good news is that scientific evidence is revealing treatments that do work.

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