BETTER way to calculate the attenuation !

Most diet ever conducted may have heard the rule that a pound of fat is 3500 calories and that consuming 500 kcal less would lead to loss of 500 grams per week. Researchers explain that this formula is wrong, as it reported slowing of metabolism, the fact that most people lose weight and muscle than fat, and still other factors that affect weight loss.

Doctors from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the U.S. believe that 3500 kcal rule often leads to unrealistic expectations can undermine efforts to lose weight.

Dr. Hall and colleagues have developed a web-based model in their words much more accurately predict the expected weight loss over time. The simulator can be found at the site of the NIDDK.

In an interview with WebMD Dr. Hall explains that weight loss actually occurs much more gradually than previously thought. In his words, a better guide for the typical overweight person is that the removal of 10 kkalorii day was led to the loss of the pound within 3 years.

Reducing the intake of 250 kcal per day may lead to a loss of about 12 kg, but it would take about 3 years. About half of the weight loss occurs during the first year, then slows weakening.

This new way of analyzing the course of body weight over time allows practitioners more realistic idea of ​​the expected results of diet and exercise. From a positive standpoint, the new model shows that despite a slowing of weight loss over time, people who adhere to the prescribed diet, continue to weaken for extended periods of time.

Under the new model, reaching an average weight characteristic of the 70s of last century, people with moderate obesity should limit consumption of 500 kcal per day for several years.

500 kcal are given the modern lifestyle. That is why we must focus more on prevention of obesity, especially among children, researchers summarized.