Why Weight Loss Is Harder After 50 (And How to Stay Committed Anyway)

Why Weight Loss Is Harder After 50 (And How to Stay Committed Anyway)
Making a commitment to your health, one choice at a time.

Weight loss gets harder after 50, and I found that out for myself on a random Sunday morning with the smell of cinnamon rolls filling up my kitchen. My husband had snuck a package into the cart the day before. I found them at checkout and asked him how in the world they got there. He told me they "jumped in on their own" and he "had nothing to do with it." That man keeps me laughing. But that cinnamon roll moment is exactly why I want to talk about commitment today. Around 45% of people make some kind of promise to eat better or move more this…

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Understanding the Obesity Crisis

Understanding the Obesity Crisis

Where are you in Understanding the Obesity Crisis? The secondary area to examine is the role of fat, sugar, and current solutions. Over the past few decades, as obesity rates began to climb, many started questioning why this was happening and what factors were driving the increase in weight-related issues. This led to a major debate in the mid-20th century, known as the “Keys vs. Yudkin” debate. Two Theories in Understanding the Obesity Crisis Ancel Keys, an American physiologist and nutritionist, was one side of the debate. He believed that fat was the main culprit behind the rise in obesity and other health issues. His stance was that…

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