The NNWA journal
Nutrition, careers and practice
Practical writing for people who want to work in nutrition and for the clients they will look after: diet charts built on Indian foods, honest guides to qualifications and salaries, and what the work is actually like.
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Articles
Weight Gain Calorie Chart: How Many Calories to Gain 1 kg
How many calories it takes to gain 1 kg, what daily surplus gives what rate, and a weight gain calorie chart by body weight.
NNWA journalReadWeight-loss medicines in India: what they are, what the trials show, and what they ask of your diet
What GLP-1 medicines are, what the trials found, their status in India as at September 2026, and the diet problem they create. No doses, no recommendation.
2 Sept 2026ReadHow much walking per day to lose weight, and what walking actually does
Walking is excellent for health and modest for weight loss alone. Where 10,000 steps came from, what the step research shows, and what walking genuinely changes.
2 Sept 2026ReadNine foods people search for to lose weight, checked against the evidence
Apple cider vinegar, green tea, oats, chia, dates, curd, protein powder and jeera water, each judged on human trials rather than on marketing.
2 Sept 2026ReadHow much weight can you actually lose in a week, a month, or three months?
Realistic ranges by timeframe, why the first week is mostly water, what the trial data shows at six months, and why faster costs muscle and rarely lasts.
2 Sept 2026ReadFourteen weight loss claims, checked against the evidence
Detox, green tea, negative-calorie foods, eating after 8pm, ruined metabolism and nine more, each checked against human trials, with the half that is true kept.
2 Sept 2026ReadProtein and weight loss: the one macro that changes the outcome
Protein changes what weight loss is made of, not just how fast. The three mechanisms, and the harder problem of reaching enough on an Indian vegetarian plate.
2 Sept 2026ReadIntermittent fasting: what the trials actually show
When calories are matched, fasting performs much like ordinary restriction. What the trials found, the lean-mass question, and how Indian fasting traditions compare.
2 Sept 2026ReadWhy am I not losing weight? The honest checklist
Nine reasons the scale stops moving, in order: water and scale noise, intake drift, metabolic adaptation, and the causes that need a doctor rather than a diet.
2 Sept 2026ReadHow to lose belly fat, according to the evidence
You cannot choose where fat comes off, and abdominal fat still matters more than any other for health, especially for South Asians. What the trials actually support.
2 Sept 2026ReadThe calorie deficit, explained properly
A calorie deficit drives weight loss, and every term in the equation is harder to know than you are told. What the energy budget holds, and why the maths misses.
2 Sept 2026ReadThe Kerala diet: what it gets right, and where it needs work
Kerala is not simply South Indian. Matta rice, daily fish and steamed puttu and appam as real strengths, and the coconut and tapioca question handled honestly.
2 Sept 2026ReadReading about the work is not the same as doing it
Every article here is drawn from what is taught in the programmes. If you want the whole method rather than the summary, start with the catalogue.