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Aug 2021
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Midlife Weight Gain: Don't Blame Your Me...

QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Monica Reinagel
About this episode

New research suggests that a slowing metabolism is not to blame for midlife weight gain. So what is?
 

Mentioned
How to get more protein with fewer calories  (Nutrition Diva #483)
How to slow age-related muscle loss  (Nutrition Diva #398)
Build more muscle with less protein (Nutrition Diva #448)
How to build muscle on a plant-based diet (Nutrition Over Easy blog)
Beating the midlife spread (Weighless.life)

Sources

Pontzer, et al.. Daily energy expenditure through the human life course. Science. 2021. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6556/808.

Yang, et al. Life-course trajectories of body mass index from adolescence to old age: . Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. 2021. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2020167118.

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