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The most important weight-loss message - you have to use more calories than you eat - hasn't changed in decades.

But dieting experts say science has some new, surprising things to say about the other half of the standard recommendation - exercise - and about which diet to use.

Researchers are also refining the behavioral tricks that can change the way people eat, not only to lose weight but also to keep it off. Modern technology is giving dieters new options, such as Internet- and cell-phone-based programs or scales that can transmit your weight from your home to your doctor or dietitian.

Thomas Wadden, director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania, said the last decade has seen "pretty aggressive diet wars" among the proponents of low-fat, low-carb, or low-glycemic-index approaches.

After years of comparisons, Wadden and other experts said the verdict is clear: What you choose doesn't matter. Pick a diet you can stick to, including liquid diets or prepared meals. If you follow the rules, the results are all about the same. Wadden said he does recommend that, whatever the diet, patients reduce saturated fats and trans-fats for better health. You can pick a more aggressive approach while you're losing, eventually transitioning to a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and lean protein for maintenance.

Gary Foster, director of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research, thinks diet gurus have scared people off with too much information. "We tell people so much stuff, it's paralyzing," he said.

He agreed that the specific diet doesn't matter. "Calories drive weight loss," he said.

To lose a pound a week, a dieter needs to eat 500 fewer calories a day. That's simple enough, but your maintenance needs come down as people get smaller. That explains why weight loss gets harder as you go. Think of your body as a house. It takes more energy to heat a big house than a small one. A woman who weighs 300 pounds maintains her weight on about 3,000 calories. (Because they have more muscle, men use a few more.) A woman who weighs 140 needs only 2,050 calories to stay there. Caloric needs drop further as we age and lose muscle mass.

Cheryl Marco, a registered dietitian who runs Thomas Jefferson University's weight management program, starts patients on a prepackaged diet that includes shakes and bars. Dieters have few options.

"Fewer choices work better," Marco said. "What works is the narrowing of stimuli." So her most successful long-term dieters eat meals that don't vary much from day to day.

Some people may just have to stay away from foods that trigger overeating.

"I am not of the belief . . . that we have the ability to learn to eat high-risk foods in moderation," Marco said. Your high-risk food may be ice cream. Someone else's may be fettuccine Alfredo.

John McAroy, 38, dropped 70 pounds (from 300 on a 6-foot-2 frame) between Thanksgiving and early February using Marco's method. He hasn't cheated much and hasn't missed having more choices. "You'd be surprised," he said. "I'm rarely hungry."

So what about exercise? Isn't it the answer?

No, the experts said.

Exercise is "the single best predictor of who keeps weight off and who doesn't," Foster said. "It has very little effect on weight loss."

Exercise can help people lose weight, but so slowly that most people lose interest, he said. It's easier for most people to cut 500 calories out of their diet a day than to burn an extra 500 calories. You have to walk five miles to do that.

What exercise does do is help people maintain muscle mass, which revs up metabolism a little and improves overall health. Still, adding five pounds of muscle takes a lot of work, and a pound of muscle burns only about 15 calories a day.

In one of the cruel twists of our evolutionary history - the one that shaped our bodies to withstand famine, not a world full of junk food - people who have lost a lot of weight burn fewer calories during exercise than people who have never dieted. "It's as if your body's gone green on you," Wadden said. To keep weight off, dieters need to exercise 225 to 300 minutes a week: about 32 to 43 minutes a day.

Foster's group is looking at whether getting a good night's sleep affects weight loss. People who weigh more tend to sleep less, but it's not yet known whether sleeping more helps people lose weight.

On the behavioral front, researchers say that "accountability" is a crucial factor in making diets work. People do best when they keep track of what they eat and how much they exercise. They need to weigh themselves frequently, ideally every day. It also helps a lot to report what they're doing to someone else. The gold standard is a face-to-face meeting, but results also improve with telephone and Internet reporting.

"It's really important to be accountable to somebody else," Foster said.

It's also important to act quickly when the numbers on the scale start moving up. Experts recommend having an action plan when weight rises by two to four pounds - perhaps returning to more intensive monitoring of food intake - and when dieters fall off the wagon.

"One of the major differences between the average-weight person and the overweight person is the ability to recover from overeating," Marco said.

Wadden says technology is offering new alternatives to people who need to lose weight. While not yet in wide use for weight control, scales that transmit weights to doctors or diet programs can build in accountability. Internet- and phone-based programs make it easier to calculate calories and energy usage.

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“Healthier Hookups” program A presentation by David Facenda on how to avoid health risks by being “date smart.” Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Whitman-Walker Health, 1701 14th St. NW. 202-797-3500. Free.

American Heart Month workshop A presentation on the hospital’s cardiovascular service. Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Providence Hospital, 1150 Varnum St. NE. 202-269-7553. Free.

“Spirit Dolls” workshop A presentation by art therapist Rebecca Wilkinson on ways to use creativity to help celebrate inner virtues. All materials provided. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, 1632 U St. NW. 202-483-8600. http://www.smithcenter.org. $34.

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Sydney, Feb 21 (IANS) Exercise is beneficial for you, especially if you are obese or have diabetes, maintain researchers.

Daniel Green professor at The University of Western Australia School of Sports Science said although bariatric (weight loss) surgery was being promoted, exercise was still valuable for overweight and obese people.

"Exercise is good for you whether you lose weight or not, because it can help increase muscle mass, improve artery function and decrease the risks of heart attack, stroke and diabetes," said Green, reports the Medical Journal of Australia.

"Recent studies suggest that obese people who develop some level of fitness have a lower cardiovascular disease and death risk than those who are lean but unfit, according to a Western Australia statement.

"Exercise is especially good at preventing diabetes in obese people, who are at higher risk of developing this disease," added Green.

Green said experts recommended comprehensive weight management programs should be available for obese patients and those with Type 2 diabetes.

-Indo-Asian News Service

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Mechelen, Belgium; 21 February 2012 - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG.BR - News) announced today that GlaxoSmithKline has exercised its option to exclusively license investigational compound GLPG0778 and its corresponding back-up compound GLPG0555, both discovered and developed within GSKs immuno-inflammatory alliance with Galapagos.  GSK will have the right to continue the clinical development of these candidate compounds.  Galapagos will receive an option fee payment of single-digit million Euros from GSK, which contributes to 2011 Group revenues.  Galapagos is eligible, without further financial investment from Galapagos, to receive from GSK more than €34M in future milestones plus royalties on these two compounds.

Galapagos believes that today`s option exercise by GSK further highlights Galapagos` rapid progression of early discovery programs into clinical results.  In the alliance with GSK, GLPG0778 was identified and progressed to a successful option exercise within 30 months, making the transition from committing to the target to clinical Proof of Mechanism in 5 years.

"GLPG0778 and GLPG0555 are the first Galapagos alliance compounds to be in-licensed into a large pharma portfolio," said Onno van de Stolpe, CEO of Galapagos.  "We are excited to follow the future development and potential commercialization of GLPG0778 and GLPG0555 by GSK."

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Galapagos (Euronext: GLPG; OTC: GLPYY) is a mid-size biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule and antibody therapies with novel modes-of-action.  The Company is progressing GLPG0634, as well as one of the largest pipelines in biotech, with seven programs in development and over 50 discovery programs.  The Galapagos Group has about 800 employees and operates facilities in six countries, with global headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium.  More info at: http://www.glpg.com

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