Study Debunks Weight Loss Myths, Local Professor Says
Montclair State University was recently involved in a study scrutinizing common beliefs about weight loss. Read a Q&A with Prof. Diana Thomas.
If you believe having sex or breastfeeding are bona fide ways to keep the extra pounds off, you may want to check your sources. Montclair State University’s Diana Thomas, involved in the Center for Quantitative Obesity Research at the university, recently participated in a study to debunk common myths about weight loss, which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. The team of researchers, led by David Allison, Ph.D., associate dean for science in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, quashed the following myths: Myth 1: Small sustained changes in how many calories we take in or burn will accumulate to produce large weight changes over the long term. Fact: Small changes in calorie intake or …
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