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Men Dieting, Women Dieting: Is There a Difference?

From the Show: Train Your Body
Summary: When men and women both go on a diet, do they lose weight differently?
Air Date: 8/26/14
Duration: 10
Host: Melanie Cole, MS
Guest Bio: Jim White, RD
JimWhite-BioPic resized bestJim White graduated Summa Cum Laude from Youngstown University in Ohio with a B.A. in Nutrition. He is credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a Registered Dietitian and certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Health Fitness Specialist. On November 1, 2005, Jim opened his first Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach. He soon outgrew this studio and opened a larger one in November 2006 on Laskin Road followed by an additional location in 2009 off Great Neck Road, both in Virginia Beach. Jim and his team have helped hundreds of people lose thousands of pounds. He is currently the National Spokesman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and has the reputation of being one of the top health professionals in the country.
Men Dieting, Women Dieting: Is There a Difference?
Have you and your spouse or partner gone on a diet together? Does it seem that he does practically nothing and loses more weight than you without even trying?

Sure, men might be from Mars and women might be from Venus, but when it comes to dieting, he seems to lose weight effortlessly while you struggle, starve and deprive yourself of life's greatest pleasure: eating.

So, do men actually lose weight faster and with less effort?

Is there a difference in the way men and women diet? What can you do to even the odds?

Jim White, RD, joins Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss the differences in dieting with men and women and how you can "catch up" to his speedy weight loss.
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