Title: Why do diets fail? | Psychology of Weight Loss - Sharecare
Headings: Why do diets fail?
Why do diets fail?
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Margaret Floyd
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Joel H. Fuhrman, MD
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Content: Often, crash diets promise fast results, but these results are short-lived because they teach poor eating habits that cannot be sustained. When combined with exercise, a diet that is calorie restrictive will give symptoms of chronic fatigue, in that the dieter is always tired, and has a hard time completing workouts. Dr. Kathleen Hall
Preventive Medicine
I could write a treatise on diet, but I am just going to touch on some things I believe are important for everyone to know. First and foremost, 90 to 95 percent of people who lose weight with diet gain most or all of the weight back within three to five years. Oftentimes, more body fat or weight is gained back due to yo-yo dieting. Here are several reasons diets may fail, and there most surely are more: Most diets restrict caloric intake so much that metabolism slows down, thus hindering the weight loss process. Dieting may result in depression, which is counterproductive to losing weight. Most diets do not encourage lifestyle changes. To have permanent weight loss, you must make permanent changes in food choices, eating habits, and physical activity.