Obesity Weight Loss Strategies Show Promise

Bulls**t.

With a third of the American population suffering from obesity, of which 70% are trying to lose weight, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that obese dieters who reported to have consumed less fat, exercised more, and used prescription weight loss medications had a higher chance of shedding the pounds, whilst diet foods and products, as well as nonprescription diet pills and popular diets tended to be less successful.

Leading researcher, Jacinda M. Nicklas, MD, MPH, MA, a Clinical Research Fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School declares:

"Despite popular perception that obese people are unable to lose weight, a substantial number of obese participants in our study did report successful weight loss, suggesting that some obese U.S. adults can and do lose weight."

The researchers assessed data of 4,000 obese adults who self-reported a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher in the 2001-2006 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, which tracks demographic, health, and health behavior information from non-institutionalized U.S. adults. 63% of the respondents reported to have tried losing weight within the last year.

According to the analysis, those who reported to consume less fat, exercise more and used prescription weight loss medications were more likely to report loosing at least 5% of their body weight, whilst those who lost at least 10% of their body weight also tended to have joined a weight loss program.

More self-reported lies.

If it worked, then the fatso rate would be decreasing.

It is not.