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Time of India
2 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Mirror Lights: Healthy lifestyle can boost metabolic health even without weight loss: Study
metabolic health People can improve their health through dietary and lifestyle changes even if they do not lose weight, according to an international research, conducted by the universities of Ben-Gurion (Israel), Harvard (US), and Leipzig (Germany), focused on individuals described as 'weight loss resistant' -- those who adopt healthy habits but struggle to shed pounds, Xinhua news agency reported.'We have been conditioned to equate weight loss with health, and weight loss-resistant individuals are often labeled as failures,' said lead author Anat Yaskolka Meir, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard Chan School.'Our findings reframe how we define clinical success. People who do not lose weight can improve their metabolism and reduce their long-term risk for disease. That's a message of hope, not failure,' Meir in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study challenges the long-standing belief that weight loss is the primary sign of a successful diet. Researchers found that even participants who did not lose weight showed measurable improvements in key health study tracked 761 adults between 18 to 24 months. All participants followed lifestyle changes without taking supplements or medications and were assigned to healthy also received free gym access and exercise guidance. By the end of the trial, approximately one-third of the participants had not lost weight, despite closely following the they showed improvements in, including higher levels of 'good' HDL cholesterol, lower levels of leptin (a hormone primarily produced by fat cells), and reductions in abdominal fat, confirmed through MRI also identified 12 genetic markers that may influence whether a person is likely to lose weight through lifestyle changes, an insight that could help personalise future diet plans. The findings suggest that healthy eating and exercise can provide significant health benefits even without weight loss, including reduced risk of heart disease and diabetes, the researchers said.
Fashion United
22-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion United
Sportswear brand Lululemon opens first two stores in Antwerp and Brussels
The Canadian sportswear brand Lululemon is set to establish itself on Belgian high streets. Lululemon announced in a press release that it is opening its first two stores in Antwerp and Brussels this summer. In Antwerp, Lululemon has chosen Meir as its location. The sportswear brand will offer products for men and women in various categories - from yoga to running, and from tennis to golf. After the Antwerp store, the opening in the Brussels shopping district of Toison d'Or will follow. Both stores will also serve as meeting places. Community events will be organised regularly. The store openings in Antwerp and Brussels are also part of Lululemon's licensing and distribution agreement with the Arion Group. This article was translated to English using an AI tool. FashionUnited uses AI language tools to speed up translating (news) articles and proofread the translations to improve the end result. This saves our human journalists time they can spend doing research and writing original articles. Articles translated with the help of AI are checked and edited by a human desk editor prior to going online. If you have questions or comments about this process email us at info@
Saba Yemen
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israeli occupation army dismisses officer for calling for refusing to fight
Gaza - Saba: The Israeli occupation army decided to permanently terminate the service of Military Intelligence officer Michael Meir after he posted a tweet calling for refusing to participate in the fighting in Gaza. Meir had strongly criticized the political leadership, describing them as "filthy traitors." In his tweet, he called for refusing to fight on behalf of those he described as traitors, stressing that he would not participate in operations that harm prisoners or endanger soldiers. After the decision, Meir maintained his position despite the personal consequences. Facebook Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Telegraph
01-03-2025
- Telegraph
Police quiz grandfather who called neighbour ‘Mrs T---' in row over dog
Police officers questioned a grandfather for more than an hour after he called his neighbour 'Mrs T---' in a row about his dog. Laurence Meir, 73, was visited twice at his home in Gorsley, Herefordshire, by police who warned him not to use the term again. The grandfather has now accused West Mercia Police of wasting time on 'trivial nonsense' instead of tackling real crime. In January last year, Mr Meir's dachshund Dixie strayed into his neighbour's front garden, prompting the neighbour to allegedly call him a 't---'. The neighbours had another run-in several weeks later, during which Mr Meir said 'Hello Mrs T---'. Days later, two officers from West Mercia Police arrived at his home and questioned him for more than an hour about the incident, before warning him not to get 'involved' with her again. 'I found it disgusting' 'I admitted to the officers that I acted a bit immaturely in saying 'hello Mrs T---' to my neighbour,' he told MailOnline. 'But did that really merit two of them spending more than an hour questioning me about this? 'On one hand it's quite laughable but on the other, I found it disgusting. If you're the victim of real crime, the police don't turn up or investigate it properly. 'But call someone half-jokingly a 't---' and they're around almost immediately. The whole thing is a farce. You couldn't make it up.' The police then visited his home for a second time after the neighbour complained he poked his tongue out at her children. 'I was livid that the police had come to see me again about such a pathetic matter and couldn't believe that they were wasting more of their time,' he said. 'I told the officers that I didn't stick my tongue out at these kids and that they should go and catch some real criminals. 'But the police warned me that if it happened again then they would be forced to take further action. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it really shows that the police have got their priorities completely wrong.' 'How can that be right?' Mr Meir added: 'We might live in a lovely village but the crime rate around here is going through the roof. That's what the police should be focusing on, not on silly comments that people might say to each other or what they're posting on social media. 'It makes me very angry that serious matters are not being investigated properly yet the police have the time and resources to waste time on minor things like this. How can that be right?' A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: 'We received a report on March 18 2024 of a dispute between neighbours on Linton Road in Gorsley, Herefordshire. Officers attended and suitable words of advice where [sic] given.' The case comes after police spoke to grandmother Helen Jones, 54, at her home in Stockport, Cheshire, last month after she criticised Labour politicians online for sending offensive WhatsApp messages. The school administrator had posted on Facebook calling for the resignation of a councillor embroiled in the WhatsApp scandal which led to the sacking of Andrew Gwynne, the former health minister.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
All Middle East peace needs is for others in the region to stop trying to obliterate Israel
In recent days some outlandish proposals have been made about the future of Israel and Gaza. Yet the secret to Middle East peace is, in the end, deceptively simple. It always has East peace is possible if the people of the region accept Israel's right to exist and stop trying to kill Jews. It can happen if the nations, militias, terrorist organisations and anti-Semites that surround the Jewish homeland end their decades-long efforts to destroy the country. In saying this I am not being glib. I do not think this is overly simplistic. I understand the complexities of the Middle East. I am aware that Israel, like every other democratic State in modern history has not always acted perfectly. I wish that a better accommodation could be made with Palestinians in the West Bank. But in the end, it is this simple. Stop trying to kill Jews, stop trying to destroy the tiny strip of land that is Jewish people's ancestral homeland and peace becomes possible in the region. This has been true since 1948 when the State of Israel was established. That year, Arab nations rejected the idea of the UN-mandated Jewish State and tried to destroy the country in its infancy. The Arab States lost the war and Israel began to build its future. In 1967, Arab nations again attempted to destroy Israel. They lost the war in six days but they kept trying. In 1973 they declared war again and failed again. The Jewish State, just two decades old, had learnt to defend itself effectively against those who hated the idea that Jews had a tiny country amidst the vastness of the Middle East. At the time, Prime Minister Golda Meir understood this fundamental formula for Middle East peace. In a quote widely attributed to her she said: 'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.' Meir found simple words for a simple truth. The people of Israel wanted to live in peace with their neighbours. The men who led the neighbouring countries cared more about destroying Israel than the lives of their soldiers and citizens. And so the pattern continued for more decades. There were more attempts to destroy Israel through war and terrorism. More innocent people died on both sides in pointless conflicts aimed at taking from Jewish people the one place in the world they could be certain to call home. In recent years, hope raised its voice with the Abraham Accords between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. The rulers of these nations understood that peace was better than war, that Israel, a smart, tech-driven start-up nation was better as a trading partner than an enemy. They also understood that the death cult of Hamas was leading the Palestinians towards a hell of their own making. They could see that in Gaza there was no sane partner for peace that Israel could negotiate with. The October 7 attacks were in part an attempt to destroy the pathway to peace that Israel had begun with Arab nations. Hamas has brought a new savagery to the futile and self-destructive drive to destroy Israel rather than live constructively alongside it. They have, in part, succeeded. Anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism have been re-ignited around the world. In a grotesque inversion it is Israel who is the pariah not the cold-blooded genocidal maniacs of Hamas. Yet I believe their efforts to destroy peace will fail. One day, maybe soon, other Middle Eastern powers will have their own Abraham Accords with Israel. They know that Iran is the real enemy in the region and that an economic alliance with Israel will help their citizens prosper and their country remain safe. So, I say to all those seeking to destroy Israel, to all those aggressive anti-Zionists who have emerged around the world: Israel will never be destroyed. Jewish people will always live where they have done for millennia. Understand this will always be the case. End the anti-Zionist mania. Put down your weapons and take the Israeli hand of peace. It has been waiting since 1948. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
