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Even small diet tweaks can lead to sustainable weight loss – here’s how

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Even small diet tweaks can lead to sustainable weight loss – here’s how

By Alexandra Cremona

Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?

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Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?

By John Eric Goff

Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just movement – it can also bring the heat

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Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just movement – it can also bring the heat

By Traver Wright, Melinda Sheffield-Moore and Randall Davis

What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners? A food chemist explains sweet science

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What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners? A food chemist explains sweet science

By Kristine Nolin

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

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A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

By Stephen Wooding

Ten small changes you can make today to prevent weight gain

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Ten small changes you can make today to prevent weight gain

By Claire Madigan and Henrietta Graham