{"id":218598,"date":"2026-01-05T22:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:50:11","slug":"the-science-of-losing-weight-life-kit-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218598\/","title":{"rendered":"The science of losing weight : Life Kit : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767653411_95_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4747x2670+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F5b%2Fe2e6ff7b42c5a04074fba87b02d9%2F6bd816f7-3f12-4568-b65f-f9a1843af350.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"An illustration in a sort of papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 technique showing a close-up point of view image looking down at white feet with pink painted toe nails on a blue bathroom scale with a red weight indicator in the middle of a white number window, though no numbers are visible.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to weight loss, there are many misconceptions about what works. So if you want to lose weight this year, here&#8217;s what the science says about the potential health benefits, GLP-1 drugs, exercise and more.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Life Kit&#8217;s Guide to Building Strength here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/npr.org\/stronger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">npr.org\/stronger<\/a><br \/>Follow us on Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nprlifekit\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@nprlifekit<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/newsletter\/life-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter here.<\/a><br \/>Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/05\/nx-s1-5662557\/mailto:lifekit@npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lifekit@npr.org<\/a><br \/>Support the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for Life Kit+ at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/lifekit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plus.npr.org\/lifekit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to weight loss, there are many misconceptions about what works. So if you want to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-218598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}