weight control

How can you avoid regaining those lost kilos?

July 21, 2018 in Health

New scientific results from a small clinical study shows that people maintain weight loss when they adhere to their own systematic set of rules for eating, rather than following any particular diet, or eating for pleasure or hunger.

Probiotics do little for weight loss

November 3, 2017 in Health

Oral supplements of viable strains of bacteria (probiotics) seem to have a minimal effect on overweightness or obesity, according to a Norwegian review of scientific trials.

Eternal witch-hunt for the fat body

October 9, 2017 in Society & Culture

“The fat body carries a secret that has to be revealed at all costs; it is a living symptom that something has ‘gone wrong’,” says Camilla Bruun Eriksen. She has studied the representation of fat bodies in popular culture.

Physical activity has little impact on weight

February 16, 2017 in Health

Higher levels of physical activity do not protect against weight gain, according to a new study.

Benefits for overweight women with heart disease

June 18, 2014 in Health

A Norwegian study has found that overweight women with cardiovascular disease are less at risk of serious consequences from their illness than normal weight women with the same disease. The opposite is true for men.