Why calorie counting is oversimplified

Calories. They’ve been at the heart of dieting advice for decades. Eat fewer, burn more, lose weight. simple, right?

Except it’s not that simple. Calories only tell us a fraction of the story. To really understand what's going on, we need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Helping us take this step is biologist Giles Yeo. He’ll explain why obsessing over the numbers doesn’t work, and how we can change the way we approach weight loss.

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