8 episodes to help you understand the science of food and why dieting is more complicated than you might think

Dieting is a big industry—the global weight loss product and services market was worth $254.9 billion in 2021. So it’s no wonder an endless amount of questionable claims are made about food and how you ought to go about losing weight. What does the science actually tell us about how dieting works and how food affects your body? In these 8 episodes from our archives we try to answer exactly those questions.

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