If overeating was the cause of obesity then by reducing the number of calories you eat would result in weight loss. This of course is obvious to just about everyone – the media, public, politicians, scientists, clinicians etc. But what if it is wrong? It is well known, much to the medical communities frustration, that only [...]
Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Do calories make us fat?
Posted in Science, Uncategorized, tagged biology, calories, diet, exercise, fat acceptance, obese, obesity, overeating, weight loss on November 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Does your brain tell you your bigger than you are?
Posted in Science, body acceptance, tagged body acceptance, body image, fat, fat acceptance, parietal lobe on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On perusing the internet I came across an interesting article which I think has huge implications for our body image and perception of ourselves. I was reading about the parietal lobe, which is a lobe in the brain that is responsible for integrating sensory information and amongst other things is where your sense of body [...]



