CBS News, DC reports the results of a
study of weight loss outcomes published in the
American Journal of Public Health. The news isn't good. CBS writes:
Data for 76,704 obese men and 99,791 obese women from the United Kingdom were analyzed over the course of nine years, and researchers found that the annual probability of reaching a normal weight was just 1 in 210 for obese men and 1 in 124 for obese women (obese = 30.0–34.9 BMI).
Plus CBS quotes the study as saying:
Our findings indicate that current nonsurgical obesity treatment strategies are failing to achieve sustained weight loss for the majority of obese patients.
Even when treatment is accessed, evidence suggests behavioral weight loss interventions focusing on caloric restriction and increased physical activity are unlikely to yield clinically significant reductions in body weight.
That certainly is what I've experienced. Hat tip to
Drudge Report for the link.
