Tag: habits

For Phil Stonell, a 59-year-old GM at a manufacturing company in the UK, the catalyst for the start of his transformation was a work photo in which he and his colleague were portrayed as Laurel and Hardy. Stonnell, unfortunately, took on the role of the latter, as a portly Oliver Hardy. That was the final

Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as eating and sleeping. As new habits are formed, this enables us to do things automatically without thinking. As the brain starts to develop a new habit, in as little as a half a second, one region of the brain, the dorsolateral

I once shared an apartment with a girl who liked to eat raw vegetables for breakfast. One morning, I walked out of my bedroom at 7 a.m. to find her biting into a green pepper like it was an apple. The next day, it was a whole carrot that she nibbled on like a bunny.

Mothers lead the way for their children. And new research finds that the paths that moms walk (or the couches they sit and smoke on) make a powerful difference in their children’s propensity to become obese. A study that tracked close to 17,000 female nurses and their 24,289 kids has found that women who practiced

A new Australian study has found that following just four healthy guidelines can help prevent weight gain. And they’re easier than you might think. For your best chance of staying in the same pair of jeans, researchers advise: eating breakfast daily, not eating take-away more than once weekly, watching less than two hours of TV

The secret to getting and maintaining a flat belly comes down to adopting a few key habits and sticking with them. Luckily, none of these changes are major—but put together, they can have a huge impact. They don’t eat their oatmeal plain Or their cereal. Or their yoghurt. Adding a handful of fruit goes a

We all have people around us who have annoying little habits we wish they didn’t, like a constant need to clear the throat, or a compulsion to share every little detail about their life on Facebook. It takes a lot of patience to tolerate these habits. Especially if you spend a lot of time with

Stress is not the same for everyone, as every person experiences stress in different situations with different trigger points and intensity. Some studies have shown that some level of stress is necessary for people to function, as it helps them feel the pressure which then becomes motivation to perform. However, taking too much stress has

(HealthDay)—It’s no secret that weight gain results from consuming too many calories. But at its core is an imbalance of healthy and unhealthy habits. On one side of the scale—the healthy side—are foods such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean protein and plant-based fats. On the other side are the not-so-healthy options—sugary foods, those

Sitting too much is linked to changes in a section of the brain that is critical for memory, according to a preliminary study by UCLA researchers of middle-aged and older adults. Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers at UCLA wanted to see

New research has found that schools in poorer areas could be doing more to entice young people to eat at school, by making the eating areas more attractive places to socialise and treating pupils more like customers at lunchtime. The recent study was conducted by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire and has been published