Sublime

‘The problem with Mr Johnson and all people who suffer with obesity is that the weight that they are is what their brain thinks is a healthy weight. This is called their weight set-point.’

(Not surprisingly, those whose thoughts about eating and weight are still distorted even after their weight is normalized usually have a poorer prognosis than those whose thought processes improve along with their weight.)

Close to 67 percent of the insulin response is still unknown—which is tantalizingly close to the 70 percent contribution to obesity that is inherited, as described in chapter 2.

The hypothalamic region of the brain determines the body set weight—the fat thermostat. (For more on body set weight, see chapters 6 and 10.) Insulin acts here to set body set weight higher.

Our old friend—Eat Less, Move More. Not too bright, but as familiar as an old blanket. There were classroom-based programs, newsletters for parents, social marketing (branding, posters, in-school announcements), student events and incentives (T-shirts, water bottles). Both groups began with roughly 50 percent of the students considered overweight o

Glycemic load is a more useful measurement because it reveals information about both the characteristics of a specific carbohydrate and its quantity.

rule of thumb, you should be wary of carbs with a GI over 55 or a GL over 20.