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A 3 page overview of dieting, in which the writer argues, based on scientific research, that diet do not work and that rather than go on extreme weight reduction diets, individuals should eat frequent small healthy meals and exercise. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of negative health consequences. Also, there is no doubt that being overweight, or even simply not fitting the societal standard for attractiveness, is psychologically damaging. The American quick-fix mentality examines
this problem and turns immediately to one solution--dieting. The only question in the dieters mind seems to be which diet to choose, as there are literally hundreds being touted in
the media--high fat, high carbohydrate, low fat, high protein, etc--which all claim to work and to be "scientific." What dieters seldom question is the whole premise of dieting, that is,
that reducing caloric intake is the only prerequisite for weight control. Research and anecdotal evidence indicates that diets do not work, as the five-year failure weight for dieters is very
close to 100 percent (Schwartz 2). The reasons behind this astounding failure rate have been well-established and well-known for years. In the 1980s, author Bob Schwartz observed that in
his health spa, when they encounter a client who wishes to gain weight, they can offer a guaranteed remedy that works every time--they put the client on a typical calorie-restrictive
reduction diet. It does not matter what kind of weight loss program it is--"high carbohydrate, high protein, high fat" (Schwartz 4). The client stays on the diet for roughly three
days and will lose between two and seven pounds. However, as soon as the client goes back to eating normally, all of the weight is quickly regained plus extra pounds.
This process can be repeated until the underweight person reaches a desired weight. The problem is that once the individuals metabolism, which is a term that refers to the rate
at which the body burns calories for energy, has been "trained" to burn slowly by dieting, the individual may find that they cannot stop gaining weight and will soon have
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