This is the seventh in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. A recent study gathered widespread attention for suggesting that obesity is contagious, and that you catch it from your family and friends. This is not a particular surprise, and if... Read more
This is the sixth in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. It's important to understand that unrestricted weight gain, when coupled with our sedentary lifestyles, is NOT a signal of plenty to our bodies, it's a signal of caloric... Read more
This is the fifth in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. The concept of never dieting is a little strange at first, but you'll come to understand the biology pretty quickly, and it will start to make all the sense in the world. So let's... Read more
This is the third in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. People talk a lot about setpoints, and the biology of weight loss, but what exactly are setpoints? The short answer is that no one knows for sure. The longer answer is that all... Read more
This is not a diet blog. Diets don't work. As I point out in the Younger Next Year books: "the message from thousands of studies, over decades of medical research, is clear: Never go on a diet again. The only way to lose weight is to embark on a program of steady, vigorous exercise, avoiding the worst foods being thrust upon you in our... Read more
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