But study finds that heavy women and men don’t want to be thin enough
Most normal-weight women — almost 90 percent in a Cornell study of 310 college students — yearn to be thinner. Half of underweight women want to lose even more weight, or stay just the way they are, thank you very much. [continue reading…]
Just in time for the start of the holiday eating season – a new study finds that dieters who have the tendency to eat in response to external factors, such as at festive celebrations, have fewer problems with their weight loss than those who eat in response to emotions (internal factors). Led by researchers at The Miriam Hospital’s Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, the study also found that emotional eating was associated with weight regain in successful losers. The study is published in the October 2007 issue of Obesity. [continue reading…]
