Got the late night munchies? Or maybe you find yourself at Waffle House every Saturday morning at 2am? Even if you eat within your calorie allotment every day and exercise on top of that, late night eating could be impairing your weight loss progress. Scientists at Northwestern University were curious about the night-shift weight gain …
I’ll take a 640 calorie Sausage, Egg & Cheese on Croissant please and an elastic waistband. In an interesting twist, the National Restaurant Association (a trade organization who’s members include Dunkin Donuts, Red Lobster, Olive Garden and others) is supporting legislation that would require chain restaurants to disclose the calories of their items on menus. …
In a recently published study examining the relationship between BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) and mortality, 57 prospective studies with a total of 894,576 participants were examined. The mean BMI was 25 kg/m2. And, mortality was lowest in those with a BMI of 22.5 – 25 kg/m2. Each time BMI goes up by …