Tag: Weight loss

TED Talk: Why Your Body Fights Weight Loss

March 27, 2025

Why does losing weight often feel like an uphill battle? Physician Katherine Saunders unpacks how our bodies are wired to store fat, revealing that obesity isn’t simply a lack of willpower — it’s a complex, chronic disease rooted in evolutionary biology. She shares the science behind the latest breakthroughs in treatment, from lifestyle interventions to powerful new medications. Recorded at TED Salon: Novo Nordisk on November 19, 2024.

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How To Lose Weight The Right Way And Keep It Off

March 21, 2025
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How To Lose Weight The Right Way and Keep It Off is a comprehensive article from the Cleveland Clinic that outlines a lifestyle approach to weight loss. Eight basic steps are explored to give you the foundation for understanding a complex topic.

One poll discussed in Psychology Today suggests that on average people try 126 fad diets in their lives. And each attempt averaged just six days.

8 Steps To Achieve Healthy Weight Loss

  • Set weight loss goals
  • Understand how weight loss works
  • Follow a manageable weight loss diet
  • Get cardio exercise
  • Build and maintain muscle
  • Check in with your emotional well-being
  • Sleep well
  • Expect to change course

Read the entire article at ClevelandClinic.org

Why People Diet, Lose Weight, and Gain It All Back

March 7, 2025

Have you lost weight only to gain it all back? This article explains why you feel as though you’re fighting a losing battle. Endocrinologist and obesity specialist Marcio Griebeler, MD explains why as many as 80 to 90 percent of dieters gain back weight.

Most of the time, weight gain is gradual, and that can raise your set point gradually, too, notes Dr. Griebeler. But certain lifestyle changes can lower it.

Why People Diet, Lose Weight, and Gain It All Back is the topic of today’s post. The article published in Cleveland Clinic.org, discusses Weight Set Point, which is a combination your Genetics, Hormones, Behavior and Environment. The article is a short read and gives guidance on how to lose weight without gaining it back.

Go to ClevelandClinic.org to read the full article.

Boost Your Thermoregulation by Building Muscle After 65

January 20, 2025

Muscle Mass Makes A Difference In Body Temperature Regulation

Core body temperature decreases with age due to the body’s weakening ability to regulate body temperature. This process is known as thermoregulation.

One way to reduce body temperature changes as you age, is to build muscle. The more physically fit you are, the greater your ability to adjust to changes in ambient temperature.

Aging is a factor in your ability to adjust to variations in ambient temperature. Younger people adapt more efficiently than elders (persons 65 and over).

How To Build Muscle Mass After 65

Muscle mass refers to the amount of muscle tissue in your body. Far too many adults over 65 lack sufficient muscle mass. Falling, loss of independence, balance issues, and frailty and some of the outcomes of low muscle mass.

Resistance training will help you build muscle. Typical equipment is elastic bands or tubing, dumbbells, machine weights, sandbags, or the weight of your own body.

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New Study: Weight Stability Linked to Longer Life for Women

July 8, 2024

A new study reports that maintaining a stable weight is linked with greater longevity in older women.

While human longevity appears to have an upper limit (the oldest age reliably recorded is the 122-year lifespan of a woman from France named Jeanne Calment) there are several things that can affect how likely we are to reach a ripe, old age.

Link to full article from Healthline.com here.