Title: Dieting and Eating Disorders - Weight Management
Headings: Dieting and Eating Disorders
Dieting and Eating Disorders
Dieting as a Precursor to Eating Disorders
Dieting as a Cultural Norm
Diet Failure
Intuitive Eating
Fears Regarding Listening to Our Bodies
Listening to the Body and Weight
Being Mindful while Eating
Dieting and Eating Disorders Articles

Content: They viewed fatness as a sign of success, health, and beauty. There were even articles in magazines like Harpers Bazar with advice on how to put on extra pounds. At this time physicians were even encouraging Americans to gain weight, and they believed that a “balanced personality” was obtained by having a large number of fat cells. Diet Failure
Our culture has brainwashed us into thinking being ultra-thin is equated with beauty. To obtain this body image, Americans put so much time, energy and money into diets, and in the end the diets don’t even work. The dieting failure rate helps to explain the industry’s rapid growth. When a diet fails, the search is on for a new one that “really works.” Ninety-five percent of dieters regain their lost weight. Plus, many of those who have “failed” put on additional weight within one to five years. The 5% of “successful dieters” are usually successful because they have actually adopted a new lifestyle, not because they have stuck to their diets.