Slow down

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:02:12 +0000

Interesting piece from PsychCentral on some new research into weight gain:

Researchers studying food behavior have discovered that eating too quickly may be an important contributor to becoming overweight.

The researchers estimate that the combination of eating quickly and eating until full more than triples the risk of being overweight. This calculation took into account age, alcohol intake, smoking, occupation and regular exercise.

In 2002 I lost about 13kg (from 82.7kg to 70.0kg) over a long slow period (about 0.5kg per week) but I wasn't able to keep it off or even stay at what I thought was a good weight for me of about 78kg. I'm not sure what I weigh right now but I'd hazard a guess it's about 85kg.

Interesting to note that I am prone to both eating very fast and to eating until I am full. Without even getting into the kinds of food I like to eat.

Something to think about.

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