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The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Putting it in practice

Posted by | 4:00 AM
In my previous post I argued that the human body may react to “eating big” as it would to overfeeding, increasing energy expenditure by a ce...

The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Is it real?

Posted by | 4:00 AM
When you look at the literature on overfeeding, you see a number over and over again – 14 percent. That is approximately the increase in ene...

If your NEAT is low, maybe you should chill

Posted by | 10:49 AM
I wrote most of this post a while ago, and then forgot about it. The recent blogosphere storm of comments regarding cold-induced thermogene...

Is working standing up too expensive? It could cost you as little as $10

Posted by | 2:33 PM
Spending too much time sitting down is clearly unnatural, particularly if you sit down on very comfortable chairs . Sitting down per se is ...

Low nonexercise activity thermogenesis: Uncooperative genes or comfy furniture?

Posted by | 3:47 PM
The degree of nonexercise activity thermogenesis ( NEAT ) seems to a major factor influencing the amount of fat gained or lost by an individ...

Nonexercise activities like fidgeting may account for a 1,000 percent difference in body fat gain! NEAT eh?

Posted by | 7:22 AM
Some studies become classics in their fields and yet are largely missed by the popular media. This seems to be what happened with a study by...