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Focus on Education
There’s no debating the importance of continual learning and staying abreast on recent health and fitness research. Additionally, nationally accredited fitness certifications require continuing education in order to renew certifications. IDEA’s educational database provides the courses needed to meet renewal requirements as well as specialized courses to further your career. Two popular courses, detailing the…
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Calories, Not Meal Timing, Key to Weight Loss
A study finds that it’s caloric deficit that spurs weight loss, not any change in meal timing. When it comes to the battle of the bulge, we have more evidence that calories are king. A head-to-head trial of a calorie-reduced diet and a time-restricted eating diet, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, found no difference…
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Why yo-yo dieting is the toxic diet culture we need to be worried about
Maintaining a healthy weight is important. But yo-yo dieting has detrimental effects and is not the answer.
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Decoding and Dismissing Diet Culture: A Call to Action
What is a “diet culture” and why is it so bad for us? Read how to combat the toxic diet culture in our society.
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Food Tracking: How Much Is Enough?
Good news for on and off-trackers: a study in Obesity finds that compulsive food tracking is not needed to achieve meaningful weight loss.
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Counting Calories or Intermittent Fasting for Losing Weight
Does calorie counting or intermittent fasting do a better job at helping people drop pounds? This study investigates.
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Self-Compassion Aids Weight Loss Efforts
New research suggests that self-compassion increases a person’s self-control over exercise and eating behaviors.
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Exercise for Fat Loss
Female clients who aren’t getting results with food planning, may need a customized approach involving more exercise for fat loss.
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High Protein and Diet Quality
For many people dieting for weight loss isn’t always easy. But there seems to be a link between more protein and diet quality.
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Weight Loss Mindset
Weight loss mindset may be key to client success. Pay close attention to mindset when coaching clients trying to lose weight.
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Strength Training for Weight Loss
According to a research, strength training is effective for helping individuals with overweight or obesity with weight loss.
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Fitness Social Media Images
How are you using imagery in social media to promote fitness? Research suggests weight-inclusive imagery is more effective.
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Strength Training and Weight Loss
A study links strength training and weight loss, finding that people lost on average 1.4% of total fat mass from resistance training alone.
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Emphasizing Weight-Neutral Fitness
Researchers propose a “weight-neutral” strategy that focuses on physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness, instead of weight loss.
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The Glycemic Index and Weight Loss
A review of more than 2 million people found no differences in body mass index between those with high- versus low-glycemic index diets.
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Tai Chi for Weight Loss
There may be benefits of tai chi for weight loss. Researchers investigated whether tai chi effectively reduces belly fat in older adults.
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Muscle Strength in Older Women
Preserving muscle strength and function and maintaining a healthy body composition are important objectives for older women.
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Sharing Weight Loss Data With Coaches Helps
According to a recent study, people achieve better results when sharing weight loss data, like weight, eating and exercise, with a coach.
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Calorie Restriction and Mitochondria
The interaction between calorie restriction and mitochondria may help explain why so many diets fail to produce lasting weight loss results.
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