Weight Loss and Maintenance - Lessons For Us All
We are living in a society where being lean is ideal. Pictures of rail-thin supermodels and waif-like film stars decorate every billboard and television display. We idolize people who are the thinnest of the thin-the thinnest five to ten per cent of our population. It's ironic that we're also a state of "super-sized" portions. The normal portion size at a U.S. restaurant is more than 25% larger than our European counterparts. Unfortunately, 64% of the American people is obese and 33% of Americans are obese. Weight reduction and maintenance are cornerstones of good health and happy living. Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, obstructive sleep apnea, depressed mood, and more. For most, weight loss and weight control ought to be realities of life. However, for many a desire to drop weight or maintain weight reduction doesn't necessarily dictate achievement. Weight loss and weight maintenance are demanding work and ...