A study has found that eating the same meals every day with a consistent amount of calories helps people lose weight. During a 12-week trial, those who repeated meals lost more weight compared to those who ate a varied diet.
The authors of the study say the findings suggest weight loss benefits for simplifying one’s diet and that it makes it easier to follow a healthy routine.
“Maintaining a healthy diet in today’s food environment requires constant effort and self-control,” says lead author Charlotte Hagerman, Ph.D., of the Oregon Research Institute, US. “Creating routines around eating may reduce that burden and make healthy choices feel more automatic.”
Keeping it simple
The study has been published in Health Psychology and included 112 overweight or obese participants. The participants tracked their…