Month: April 2012

(www.neomundo.com.ar) in the eternal battle against those extra pounds, the tips come from everywhere: magazines, friends, television, newspaper, or neighbors. But the key to follow a diet and achieve weight loss might modify the environment in which each moves, a team of specialists concluded. “We found that people who made diets and counted with a more appropriate environment – for example with smaller dishes, a pantry ordered otherwise or any containers for desserts – adhered to his plan longer and consequently achieved a greater weight loss,” said Brian Wansink, Cornell University (United States). A PATHOLOGY with many consequences Obesity is not a matter of simple aesthetics. This condition generates multiple health problems increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, difficulty in mobilizing and certain types of cancer, among many others. In addition, people with obesity often suffer from discrimination in various areas and have greater chance of having a depression. Although there are pharmacological and surgical treatments to alleviate this pathology, the first option is to healthy diets and physical activity regulate. Practical advice for the home Cornell University researchers analysed what could be the best way to firmly stick to a diet to lose weight. They worked with 200 volunteers who, at random, were divided into three groups. While some have learned how to improve their environment in relation to meals, others looked at...