Breakfast and Weight Loss

A recent research study amongst 280 obese and 100 healthy weight adults found that having a big breakfast adds to your daily calorie intake and doesn’t mean you eat less for lunch – so not good news if you are trying to lose weight. They found that having a smaller breakfast helped to keep daily calories down. So nothing particularly surprising really and emphasises the importance of understanding portion sizes.

An important study carried out in 2003 from Harvard business school found that people who eat breakfast every day were a third less likely to be obese than those who skipped breakfast. On the topic, another American large scale study from the National Control Registry of Weight loss Maintainers showed that people who lose weight and keep it off tend to eat breakfast.

So a healthy sized breakfast is an important start to the day for everyone including people who are trying to lose weight. There are plenty of choices which won’t pile on the calories especially if you watch portion sizes such as low sugar wholegrain cereal like porridge or weetabix or poached or boiled eggs, fruit and yogurt or grilled mushrooms or tomatoes on wholegrain toast, smoothies or a banana.

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Obesity & Weight Loss

Most of us would admit to wanting to lose weight.

Today’s life-style makes weight gain something of the norm.

Research shows that we all have different ways of losing weight, but when it comes to keeping weight off, there are three main factors which are common in those that succeed: regular weighing, a low-fat diet and regular exercise.

At Bartholomew Way Clinic you will be given time to explore ways that would be suitable for you to lose weight. Your diet will be analysed in detail to ascertain your calorie intake and how you can make simple changes to your diet to reduce your energy intake without having to make unrealistic changes that you cannot maintain.

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