Podcast Episode 190: Interval Weight Loss: Fighting the Biology to Regain Weight – Dr. Nick Fuller

The Biological Imperative to Regain Weight

When it comes to losing weight we often hear: “You just need to eat less and move more!” This advice dates back as far as Hippocrates in the fourth century BC, and not much has changed since. Diets are based on this very foundation and despite their different approaches, they are all essentially the same. They set a caloric restriction and develop a set of arbitrary rules to create a fear of, or restriction of, certain foods to ensure you consume less. But whenever you restrict the number of calories you eat, powerful biological forces come into play to fight the resulting weight loss that causes you to regain the weight you lost, plus a little extra. Despite the hype associated with diets, very few people succeed on their weight loss journey long-term.

Tune in to this episode to learn about:

• Key drivers of the obesity epidemic
• The reasons we fail on our dieting attempts
• The effect of weight loss on an individual’s physiology
• The eight well-researched biological protections that are triggered during weight loss
• How to overcome the body’s usual response to weight loss
• Six principles of interval weight loss

Dr. Nick Fuller BA, MND, PhD

Dr Nick Fuller is a globally recognized obesity expert from the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He brings together a diversity of skills having held positions in both the industry and academic sectors. He has degrees in exercise physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and a doctorate in obesity and weight management. His current position as research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental disorders. He has a proven track record of commercializing research in this field to improve not only the health of Australians but the rest of the globe, and continues to receive significant funding and awards for his work. He is a recognized media expert across various mediums, including his role as resident obesity expert on Channel 9’s Today Show, is the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program with Penguin publishing, and has published in top ranked journals in the medical field, including JAMA, Lancet, International Journal of Obesity, Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He has 69 peer-reviewed publications, and his work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease.

Dieting is doing more harm than good and will escalate a person’s weight problem, long-term. People are not failing on their weight-loss attempts due to a lack of willpower; they are failing due to their biology. Obesity is a preventable and treatable disease, but people need to be directed towards evidence-based care.” – Dr. Nick Fuller

Resources:

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