A good overview on eating and obesity

[Arts137 1,811]

May help us plan our future!

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/diet-and-weight/

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

May help us plan our future!

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/diet-and-weight/

That was! A good read..Thanks!

[Teachamy 1,042]

Thanks for sharing.

[Steamywindows 39]

Great article, thank you for posting!

[Georgia 2,908]

<p>May help us plan our future!</p> <p> </p> <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/diet-and-weight/'>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/diet-and-weight/</a></p>

Good article!

[feedyoureye 3,087]

I always suspected this:

"When people eat controlled diets in laboratory studies, the percentage of calories from fat, Protein, and carbohydrate do not seem to matter for weight loss. In studies where people can freely choose what they eat, there may be some benefits to a higher Protein, lower carbohydrate approach. For chronic disease prevention, though, the quality and food sources of these nutrients matters more than their relativequantity in the diet. And the latest research suggests that the same diet quality message applies for weight control."

I think that must be why MFP works so well... even on days I eat junk (not that often any more) I write it down and usually do not see a gain on the scale... or the gain is short lived... probably salt/water weight related.

I know people here who say that losing weight with low carb/high protein eating has leveled out....and others (like me) who never used low carb eating (but perhaps a little lower carb- being a vegetarian means eating some higher carbs) and had success in the long run.

"Protein and Weight

Higher protein diets seem to have some advantages for weight loss, though more so in short-term trials; in longer term studies, high-protein diets seem to perform equally well as other types of diets."

Seems like a very balanced article.