The ‘Secret’ To Losing Weight

Wouter van Heeswijk, PhD
7 min readFeb 8, 2020

Burn more calories than you eat

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To lose weight, you need to consistently burn off more calories than you consume. In all likelihood, you already knew that. Surprisingly, many people still tend to overlook this absolutely essential rule when attempting to get rid of excess body fat. Amid a myriad of diet gurus, urban myths, science-packed news articles, lists of superfoods and not to forget well-meant advices, it…

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Wouter van Heeswijk, PhD

Assistant professor in Financial Engineering and Operations Research. Writing about reinforcement learning, optimization problems, and data science.