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: 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. Most people blame themselves and their lack of willpower for their diet failures. In reality, it has nothing to do with willpower. Diet failure can be attributed to the body responding to hunger and the body’s state of semi-starvation or starvation. The body and mind react to a diet in the same way they would to starvation. In starvation, the body’s metabolism decreases, and cravings increase.