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What thin people don’t understand about dieting

  • Written by Traci Mann, Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota
imageA plate of fattening food is harder for some people to resist than others. Milan Gordic/Shutterstock.com

Diets do not work.

The scientific evidence is clear as can be that cutting calories simply doesn’t lead to long-term weight loss or health gains.

We suspect most dieters have realized this by now too. And yet, here they are again, setting...

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