If any other condition affected as many children and contributed to as many long-term health problems as obesity does, we would have had an action plan long ago. But it’s not too late to start.
Some diets have ambitions a lot weightier than helping you lose a few pounds.
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Diet-related illnesses cost more than US$1 trillion and immeasurable human suffering and pain. Policymakers are beginning to understand that it makes sense to support food-as-medicine initiatives.
For many of us, a better diet means eating more fruit and vegetables.
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What you remember of your last meal affects when and how much you eat next time around. Neuroscientists have now identified neurons in the brain’s hippocampus that are crucial to this process.
Overeating in response to emotions is one of the many factors that can drive weight gain.
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand