Mindful eating may help in weight loss: study
Islamabad: A new study by Carolyn Dunn, nutritionist at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, has looked into the implications of greater awareness of eating in a weight control program. The study will be presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Porto, Portugal. Dunn and his colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of conscious eating in an online weight management program called Eat Smart, More Move, Less Balance (ESMMWL), developed by NC State University and the NC Division of Public Health. Although preventable, obesity is not an easy problem to solve because many causes and factors such as behavior, environment and genetic predisposition work together to initiate and sustain the disease. after the study. Individual behavior affects diet, the amount of physical activity or inactivity, and the use of medication. Environmental factors, such as the availability of a variety of foods, the ability to physical activity, education and marketing of food also have a big impac...