"dietin" news and stories

The number of Americans dieting is at a 16 year low. Many Baby Boomers have decided the heck with all the fad diets and instead they are just trying to eat healthy. In 2006 this was the #1 diet, followed by a doctors medical advice, and then with the Weight Watchers program in third place.

This doesn't mean that Americans don't feel they need to lose weight. A great many adults, around 60%, say they would like to drop around 20 pounds. (I wonder if this is includes the 36% of adults who are overweight and the 24% who are obese? Somehow I doubt the figures correlate fully.)

Sadly, the actual numbers of those who obese and overweight in America has continued to climb, with a recent survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying that about 24% of U.S. adults are obese, up from 16% in 1995 and 20% in 2000.

At least many of the fad diets seem to be on their way out, and the regimen of juggling a healthy diet is in. Now if only the whole country can join in juggling and get healthy.

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