Article in New Scientist this week...

olaola

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727754.100-how-to-feel-full-without-pigging-out.html

rocky

cliffs:

-exercise will regulate hormones that promote the sensation of fullness
-drinking lots of water you feel fuller

I'm not sure about this:

...found that over 12 weeks, adults on a low-calorie diet who drank two glasses of water before meals lost 7 kilograms, while non-water-drinkers lost 5 kilograms.

Are they saying that for the same calories, drinking water makes you lose more weight? Or they haven't controlled the calories, only that it's a "low calorie diet". I don't see how the former can be the case.

craggles

Probably just that the ones who drank water before meals ended up eating less because they felt full more quickly than the ones who didn't.

El_Dangeroso

That water study does make sense but there is a flaw in the design, the control group weren't told to do anything before eating. Therefore the other group could have been subject to what's called 'the intervention effect' similar to the placebo effect. Just the very action of drinking the water prior to eating reminds the participants that they are in a study and are supposed to be limiting their calories. The same thing happens when you get people to write down what they eat before they eat it.

Not that it matters practically for the dieter I suppose, but I'm a stickler for good science.