What People Get Wrong About Calories and Weight Loss
A plate of waakye with fish, boiled eggs, and shito may carry more calories than a packaged snack and soft drink combo from a convenience store. Yet one meal is far more likely to keep you satisfied, energized, and nourished for hours.
That simple reality explains why many nutrition experts are rethinking how people approach weight loss. Counting calories can help, but focusing only on numbers often misses the bigger picture of how food actually affects the body.
For years, calorie counting has been treated as the gold standard of dieting. Apps, smartwatches and meal trackers encourage people to log every bite, sip and snack. And yes, creating a calorie deficit — eating fewer calories than the body burns — remains one of the core principles of weight loss.
But health professionals...