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Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University
Coverage of Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University in the Nexus archive.
- Why losing weight isn't just about counting calories — and what to do about it
The article explains that weight loss is not solely about calorie counting, as diet quality and biological factors significantly influence how the body processes calories. It highlights discrepancies between labeled calorie counts and actual metabolizable energy, citing examples like the David protein bars lawsuit and the role of food processing, digestibility, and individual metabolism.