Weightloss, Genes and Fate
Millions of Americans are "on a diet" and trying to lose weight. It's a national, never-ending obsession. It's a cliché that diets rarely work, and that weight loss rarely lasts. But excess weight is only the most obvious and visible symptom of an unhealthy, unbalanced lifestyle. Diets treat the symptoms, not the root causes. Dieting to lose weight is like taking pain killers for a broken leg. Yes, pain may be the most visible symptom, but the leg won't heal unless it's set properly in a cast. If you take pain killers only, you'll suppress some symptoms now, but the pain will return even worse than before because the root cause has not been dealt with. Likewise, if you lose weight without embracing a healthy diet and exercise, the weight will probably come back. About one third of all Americans between the ages of 20 and 74 are technically obese, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....