Today we are launching our Why Be Fat? campaign. During the run up to the holiday season we will be focusing on how you can lose weight and get fit. The Why Be Fat? campaign will look at the fun ways to get into shape, plus re-examine popular weight loss diets and take a look [...]

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Obesity Research from the USA, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine journal, has shown that exercise, or periods of vigorous activity, can reduce, or even block, the effects of a gene which known to increase the likelihood of obesity. The “obesity gene” is known as the FTO gene. Most people carry only one copy [...]

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Many people advocate that the best way to lose weight is to exercise on an empty stomach before a meal. It has long been believed that this fasted exercising will increase metabolism and help lose weight, then eating after will provide the body with essential proteins to start building muscle tissue. However, recent research carried [...]

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