Synopsis : Information on obesity and diets including diet plans and weight loss for overweight people of all ages. Dark and cold winters can be sad, which is why 6 percent of the US population suffers from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression, and another 14 percent suffer from a lesser form of seasonal mood changes known as "winter blues," according to Dr. Norman Rosenthal in the journal Psychiatry. He explains that SAD sufferers' "energy level decreases, they tend to eat more, especially sweets and starches, and they gain weight." In fact, a study out of the University of Pittsburgh found that 27 percent of people with SAD reported binge eating during the dark months.
According to the study, a group of 23 obese men and women followed the 16:8 diet for 12 weeks against a control group who consumed food normally. Over the period of three months, the group that followed the 16:8 method of IF lost around 3 per cent of body fat on an average and even witnessed a decrease in their level of cholesterol. This group of individuals consumed 300 calories lesser (on an average) than the regular control group, in a day. In the study, both the groups were permitted to consume whatever they liked for either eight hours or for an entire day. This diet automatically encourages you to consume fewer calories by eating less frequently.
Without ever setting foot in a diet center, today's health-conscious consumers can sift through a full menu of support and strategy options with the flick of a thumb. The online choices abound - the promise of a challenge on apps like and MyFitnessPal, celebs to emulate on Twitter, detox teas and other products peddled on Instagram and Facebook, YouTube fitness moguls with how-to videos, and the camaraderie in closed WhatsApp groups.
Popularity and accessibility are important strengths of commercial programs like WW. However, available data suggest that weight losses achieved through WW are modest relative to professionally delivered programs. Some research has investigated strategies for improving weight loss outcomes of the WW program by combining it with individual phone counseling ( 19 ). These results suggest that WW may produce greater weight losses when combined with another treatment approach. However, individualized phone calls are a time consuming and expensive addition and thus may not be feasible to maintain in a commercial program that provides services to so many members.
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