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Losing weight has become a major concern for people across all walks of life, and this preoccupation spans the gap between gender, ethnicity, and age. This fact is evident in television commercials advertising special diets, mass marketing emails which tout the benefits of magic weight loss pills, and before and after weight loss pictures found throughout social media platforms. This begs the question: why? The three primary reasons that weight loss has gained such priority for so many people seem to be health, physical appearance, and the desire to live longer.
In recent decades, progress in medical understanding has led to the concept that weight loss often shares a direct correlation with improved health. This concept has largely been accepted as fact. With the rise of a global information age, information regarding the relationship between weight and health is very accessible to the masses. It is widely understood that health issues such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and even some cancers are more likely to occur when an individual is overweight or obese. Additionally, there is reliable medical evidence that some of the above health issues … Read the rest
