In front of a screen, between girlfriends around the coffee table of the living room or taped to his Smartphone, finished regular meals. However, not paying attention to your plate delays satiation and encourages more food at the next meal.

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Isabelle Hininger-Favier, senior lecturer in biochemistry and nutrition at the UFR pharmacy in Grenoble (University Joseph-Fourier), explains: "Young women often have a diet (fat and sweet) inherited from adolescence. But once the growth is over, the body no longer eliminates as easily as before. 29% of under-25s confess nibbling, while others plunge into anarchic restrictions ¹ . The air of nothing, food intake increase. And if we stopped all physical activity , the ratio between energy expenditure and caloric intake is imbalanced. The pounds are settling.

How do we do ?

For Isabelle HiningerFavier, "we must return to fixed meal times, without snacking, give preference to healthy foods (such as fish, meats and green vegetables in particular), limit the consumption of alcohol, fat and drinks. sweet (even light!), the latter having no effect of adjustment on the food intake that follows. And especially take the time to chew. We do not eliminate anything completely, however, we reduce the share of industrial dishes (pizzas, quiches, etc.). To limit compulsions and nibbling, often due to fatigue , Dr. Kathy Bonan, nutritionist doctor, advises to take magnesium (unsalted almonds or food supplements): "The effect is immediate and it can even eat less at the following meal . And to move, of course: to travel as much as possible by bike, on foot, take the stairs, practice brisk walking even for short distances.

1. INSEE, "Time Use Survey 2009-2010".

2. Author of J'arrête de cracker - I lose weight with the SiMa® method (published by Albin Michel).