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    Ditch Dieting

    Apr 12, 2019 3 minutes

    he pursuit of weight loss has created a billion-dollar industry, but it’s an industry that data trends suggest hasn’t really contributed to creating a leaner or even healthier America. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of obesity in 2015-2016 in the United States was 39.8 percent among adults and 18.5 percent among youth. Traditional diet programs, while perhaps successful in the short term, have largely failed when it comes to long-term weight loss maintenance. Some research even suggests the direct association of frequent

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