Questão 1779625

Texto para as questões 71 e 72

Researchers with Fred Hutchinson Cancer

Research Center tracked the dieting habits of 123

overweight or obese post-menopausal women

who followed a weight-loss program for a year. At

5 the end, they lost an average of 19 pounds or

about 11% of their starting weight. Most followed

diets of about 1,200 to 2,000 calories a day. They

were advised to keep a food journal of everything

they ate. "The more accountable you are, the

10 better you are going to do at weight loss," says

lead researcher Anne McTiernan, director of the

Hutchinson Center's Prevention Center.

"A food journal is one of the easiest ways to

keep track of what you are eating. If you write it

15 down, it seems more real. If you don't, it's so easy

to pretend to yourself that you didn't eat that

much," she says.

McTiernan says people who skip meals may be

more likely to grab high-calorie snacks and meals.

20 If you have to eat out a lot, then you have to get

comfortable asking that food be prepared so it has

fewer calories, she says. Men could also try these

behaviors to lose more weight, she says.

USA Today, 12 July, 2012. Adaptado.

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