Math Models Address Global Weight Issues
Researchers are beginning to understand the complex metabolic system that makes people overweight and are developing math tools to help address the global problem. In the war to lose weight it may be something other than willpower or junk food that’s preventing victory: it could be faulty use of mathematics.
Traditionally, nutritionists and researchers have assumed that all you need to do to lose weight is cut calories — about 500 calories per day to lose a pound per week for most dieters, from the assumption that each pound of weight lost represented 3,500 calories in reduced calorie intake or increased exercise.
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