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KEY LEARNING POINTS Understand how creatine impacts the effectiveness of resistance training. Understand the value of creatine timing Understand the benefits of pre and post-exercise creatine ingestion. Understand how protein impacts creatine effectiveness. Be able to ascertain if there are any adverse effects to creatine ingestion. Creatine is a nitrogen-containing compound consumed in the diet […]

BY DR JANE OGDEN, PROFESSOR IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Obesity is clearly on the increase and has many physical and psychological consequences. This paper will describe definitions of obesity, its impact on health and its causes with a focus on genetics, the obesogenic environment and the role of behaviour. What is overweight? The easiest way is

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International society of sports nutrition position stand: diets and body composition

BY DR JANE OGDEN, PROFESSOR IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Failed dieting is a product of what’s in our heads and triggers in the environment. Successful dieting seems to be the result of life events, a belief that things can change, a shift in the costs / benefits of eating well, investment in initial weight loss, a

BY DR JANE OGDEN, PROFESSOR IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Being overweight is clearly bad for our physical and mental health. Yet losing weight is hard and the majority of people who lose weight put it back on. This paper will describe the benefits of weight loss, why diets fails and then will explore the lessons to

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“An irrational fear of carbohydrate” spread by tabloid journalists and ill-informed personal trainers. From a sport nutrition or strength and conditioning perspective, carbohydrate restriction would cost trophies. A low carbohydrate diet would likely have a negative impact on your physique and wellbeing too. Hopefully I don’t need to point out that I’m not talking about