The Science of Appetite [news]
Nature prefers you fat, but you can take control. New research could explain better approaches to dieting and how to curb your appetite. No diet has ever been able to defy the laws of thermodynamics. Whether you go low carb, low fat, low this or low that, the only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume.
Even
the new "it" diet, volumetrics—which uses fancy terms such as energy
density and satiety to describe why filling up on certain low-calorie,
water-based foods like celery makes you less hungry—can't miraculously
melt away fat. But new research indicates that where on your body you
pack on extra kilograms may provide a clue to determining which diet
will work best for you.
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