1/30/2013 – Myths of Weight Loss Are Plentiful, Researcher Says

In an article published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham lay out seven myths and six unsubstantiated presumptions about obesity. They also list nine facts that, unfortunately, promise little in the way of quick fixes for the weight-obsessed. Example: “Trying to go on a diet or recommending that someone go on a diet does not generally work well in the long term.”

Obesity experts applauded this plain-spoken effort to dispel widespread confusion about obesity. The field, they say, has become something of a quagmire.

Read the full article at The New York Times.