Eating Regularly is More Effective in Long Term Weight Loss than Dieting
Eating regularly and focusing on well being and eating regular meals is more successful than dieting at achieving weight loss.
Every other person you run into is trying to follow some sort of diet constantly, with little success. This is because these diets aren't usually sustainable and lead to unhealthy habits such as binge eating or skipping meals.
Researchers followed over 4900 participants, for 10 years (ages 24-34) finding most participants gained weight in this time frame, only 7.5% of women and 3.8% of men reported losing weight. There are many factors that contribute to this of course, having children, advancements in careers, and lack of physical activity. The findings of this study concluded that eating regular meals and becoming a more well rounded individual with a healthy mind set, were more effective at losing or maintaining a healthy weight for most people. Some problems with this study is people weren't monitored individually having their diets tracked etc, and the fact their weight was the only factor considered, not muscle mass vs fat.
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