I have been following a 16:8 routine during lockdown and have found a modest weight loss, but there are loads of confounding factors - I find myself eating healthier, i have been running 5ish K each day etc.
That's all under the heading of "eating healthily and exercising". But looking for one specific item in a whole life change is looking at the wrong problem.
We are looking in the wrong place here - we live in an "obesogenic" world - rather than looking for a fix that helps us live with aisles in super markets stuffed with sugar and crisps, shouldn't we take those aisles away? A coffee shop does not need cakes, just good company. A fast food takeaway does not have to be fried.
It's not the fault of each of us as individuals that (so many) of us cannot resist what we are programmed to eat.
It's the fault of "us" as society - we talk about designing better cities, more walkable, more community - it one of those designs we also need is access to healthy food.
Nobel laureate Richard Thaler talks about a Libertarian Paternalism - i think we need to consider something like it.
That's all under the heading of "eating healthily and exercising". But looking for one specific item in a whole life change is looking at the wrong problem.
We are looking in the wrong place here - we live in an "obesogenic" world - rather than looking for a fix that helps us live with aisles in super markets stuffed with sugar and crisps, shouldn't we take those aisles away? A coffee shop does not need cakes, just good company. A fast food takeaway does not have to be fried.
It's not the fault of each of us as individuals that (so many) of us cannot resist what we are programmed to eat.
It's the fault of "us" as society - we talk about designing better cities, more walkable, more community - it one of those designs we also need is access to healthy food.
Nobel laureate Richard Thaler talks about a Libertarian Paternalism - i think we need to consider something like it.