December 17, 2014 — With all the energy and money that goes into it, we wonder, is weight loss overrated? Could it be that long-term weight maintenance strategies are much more important? Certainly, weight maintenance seems to be the biggest challenge if you look at the natural progression of obesity and its treatment over time. By comparison, weight loss is […]
October 19, 2014 — Losing weight too fast is the paragon of a non-problem, now vanquished to the status of a myth. To begin with, few people encounter this supposed problem. But plenty of authoritative sources have long been dispensing advice along the lines of this example from the Mayo Clinic: A weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds […]
March 17, 2014 — A few mistakes holding us back from making progress against obesity come up again and again, testing the patience of people who devote their careers to addressing obesity as the serious chronic disease that it is. Simplistic presumptions get repeated with a frequency that is mind numbing. A prime example is the stale assertion that […]
March 11, 2014 — Finding the steps that count for keeping excess weight off have been depressingly elusive. Anyone who has struggled with obesity can tell you that they’ve lost hundreds of pounds over the years, only to see them come back later. They’ll tell you that the real challenge for defeating obesity is to find a strategy for […]
