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Using Text Messages and Social Media for Weight Loss…

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on October 12, 2011

Text messages help with weight loss By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY College students who used cellphones to monitor calories and physical activity and received personalized feedback about how they were doing dropped significantly more weight than those who didn’t, new research shows. “Cellphones are a powerful intervention tool for weight loss,” says lead author Melissa [...]

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It Helps if Your Doctor Tells You That You Are Overweight

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on September 26, 2011

Am Heart J. 2010 Nov;160(5):934-42. Physician diagnosis of overweight status predicts attempted and successful weight loss in patients with cardiovascular disease and central obesity. Singh S, Somers VK, Clark MM, Vickers K, Hensrud DD, Korenfeld Y, Lopez-Jimenez F. Source Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Despite the association of [...]

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Weight Loss Strategy: Self-Compassion

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on March 6, 2011

In the last week, the most frequently e-mailed New York Times article was the one below on self-compassion and weight loss. Clearly, it hit an important nerve in the struggle to lose weight. Yes. Compassion at all levels is important, and the article has some useful suggestions. However, the ability to treat one’s self compassionately [...]

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Low Fat Versus Low Carb Diet: Recent Research

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on February 19, 2011

This research continues to support the view that it is not the specific diet which is critical to weight loss, but rather it is sticking to the diet which makes the difference. However, this research supports a low carbohydrate diet as better in reducing heart disease risk factors. a Why not have both a low [...]

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Weight Loss Strategy: Eating Slowly

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on February 11, 2011

“Evidence based medicine”seeks “to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making.” The same strategy should be applied to dieting, i.e, “Evidence based weight loss strategies.” The article below is good medical writing — it both cites and summarizes relevant research. Looks like it is time to eat slowly. [...]

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