NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Calorie Restriction, Weight Loss, Impaired Glucose Tolerance
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Fact: 95% attempts at weight loss fail to produce long term healthy body weight. Our focus: why do most attempts at dieting fail, what really works, long-term, blueprint for action, fad/popular diets. O(cid:448)er a period of ti(cid:373)e, a(cid:374) adult(cid:859)s (cid:449)eight o(cid:448)er years (cid:449)ill rise o(cid:448)er ti(cid:373)e slo(cid:449)ly. The(cid:374) the perso(cid:374) starts a (cid:862)diet(cid:863) a(cid:374)d they start to lose (cid:449)eight. In the end, diet result in a way that is higher than if we had just never gone with a diet at all. It is a cultural phenomenon in the western world as our attention is misdirected at the weight loss goals themselves, instead of a more successful goal of changing lifestyle and taking on healthy habits. We should focus less on diets and the numbers on the scale, and put more energy into physical activities you are interested in. Focus on changing habits, instead of diets.
