Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Stomach fat is not only annoying to look at but can be detrimental to your health. Abdominal fat can increase your risk for health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and some cancers, Harvard Medical School warns. To lose fat from your body, you need to eat fewer calories than your body needs for energy.
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Overweight and obesity are serious health problems that affect over 17 percent of children and teens in the United States. Being an overweight teen girl can affect your self-image and self-esteem and cause social problems.
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Thermogenesis is a metabolic process during which your body burns calories to produce heat. Several factors induce thermogenesis in your body including exercise, diet and environmental temperature. Thermogenesis can promote weight loss because it increases your body's calorie burn.
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Some foods contain molecules that increase your body's metabolism and stimulate fat burning. Red peppers contain a molecule called capsaicin that is shown to increase your fat-burning rate and promote weight loss. However, the capsaicin content in the different red pepper varieties differs extensively.
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