· Can people who seem skinny still be fat?
· Where is another type of fat called “visceral” located?
· What does it mean to be “skinny fat”?
· What is BMI? Do you know yours?
· How can you avoid being “skinny fat”?
Want to lose weight? Tired of changing what you eat? Fed up with strict diet plans? Perhaps the answer to all your problems is here – fidget more. New research has shown that fidgeters – those people, who behave or move nervously, are thinner than non-fidgeters. Fidgeting is an important way to lose weight. Seems to make sense – fidgeting is movement and movement burns calories – especially sixteen hours a day of non-stop movement! That means you burn calories without even trying, but perhaps annoy everyone else in the office or at school. In fact, haven’t you ever noticed that fidgeters in your class or office are slimmer?
The study, published in the journal, Science, found that overweight people who just sat without making bodily movements burnt 350 fewer calories each day compared with people who couldn’t sit still. The report says that people whose daily routine does not include moving a lot prefer to sit still more because of a genetic tendency to do so. The research also suggests that overweight people should be encouraged to lose weight by fidgeting more, “This is really possible, because the kind of activity we are talking about does not require special or large spaces or unusual training. Unlike running a marathon [this] is within the reach of everyone.” Be prepared to see more and more lose weight by fidgeting books any time soon!
True or False?
1. Everybody wants to lose weight.
2. The answer to the perfect weight loss method has been found.
3. If you fidget you will lose weight.
4. Fidgeters are thinner than non-fidgeters.
5. Fidgeting doesn’t burn calories.
6. You can burn calories without even trying.
7. Fidgeting requires large spaces and lots of training gear.
8. Many ‘how to lose weight by fidgeting’ books are expected to appear.
a) I thought this diet ____ help me, but it was useless.
b) You ____ eat a piece of dark chocolate every day.
c) I asked a doctor if I ____ restart my yoga classes.
d) Employees of my company ____ use corporate discount only at FitStudio Center.
e) Jym ____ need to change his sweat pants after he lost 5 lbs.
1) To/next/I/need/may/doctor/Friday/visit.
2) Might/on/Susan/diet/be.
3) Your/may/I/steamed/try/broccoli?
4) Brian/camping/in a week/Barbara/might/go/and.
5) Borrow/not/you/running shoes/may/my.
