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Friday, October, 30, 2009

Amount Of Calories Needed To Lose Weight

Health Encyclopedia: Weight Loss And Age

Definition


Alternative Names

Age and weight loss


Information

Question:

Why does it get harder to lose weight with age?

Answer:

The metabolism slows with age so fewer calories may be burned. Exercise (staying active) and eating sensibly (fewer sweets and fats) are the best way to counter the slowdown of your metabolism. See physical activity and intentional weight loss.


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Expert & Community Posts

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Which Exercises Will Make Me Lose Weight?
By Patrika Tsai , Health Expert

...activity. The more intense the workout, the more calories burned and weight lost. Certain... Read more »

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Do you have trouble losing weight?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...used mostly to produce heat when needed, burning calories to do so. The main type of fat, white... Read more »

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To Lose Weight, Should You Go on An Extremely Low Calorie Diet?
By Kenn Kihiu , Health Expert

Extremely low calorie diets such as the "Very Low Calorie Diet" VLCD are starvation diets that... Read more »

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Achieving Long-Term Weight Loss Success
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...participants report continuing to maintain a low calorie, low fat diet and doing high... Read more »

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Do Weight Loss Pills Work?
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...losing weight isn’t in a pill it’s in an equation: Calories in The over the counter weight... Read more »

Health Guide

Fibromyalgia and Weight Gain
...not able to increase their exercise to the levels needed to increase metabolism rates and burn the calories required for significant weight loss.Medication.  A number of medications commonly... Read more »
Physical activity
...recommendations; Exercise Information Physical activity can help you: Burn calories and reduce body fat Reduce your appetite Keep your current weight and control... Read more »
Weight management and weight loss
...involves maintaining sufficient intake of food to prevent losing the weight that has been gained. CALORIES FOR WEIGHT MAINTENANCE To maintain one's weight, the following formula can be used:... Read more »
Obesity
...Eating habits Have you changed your diet?Have your eating habits changed?What percent of the daily calories are from fat?How many meals do you eatin a day? What type of foods?How many snacks do... Read more »
Losing weight
...caloric intake with exercise. Ideally, dieting should be done by eating a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie diet and increasing physical activity. Alternative Names Weight... Read more »

Medications

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...medication is used along with a doctor-approved reduced-calorie diet, exercise, and behavior... Read more »

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...medication is used along with a doctor-approved reduced-calorie diet, exercise, and behavior... Read more »

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...is also used along with a doctor-approved, reduced-calorie diet as an aid to help significantly... Read more »

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