Solo Dieting
Maybe… just a thought here…. but maybe the number of solo [tag]dieters[/tag] are so high
because [tag]insurance[/tag] won’t cover you if you want to [tag]lose weight[/tag]. I can’t get
insurance for babyboy because he’s too big. Same applies if you want to quit
smoking – insurance won’t pay if you want to use zyban, or thorazine or whatever.
70 percent of dieters go solo, with no doctor, survey finds
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) — – Besides extra pounds, dieters also seem to carry a hefty independent streak. A survey finds that 70 percent of Americans who are trying to lose weight are following their own [tag]diet plans[/tag] and have no interest in seeking a doctor’s help.
One-third have tried dietary supplements of unproven benefit — pills and powders that promise to burn fat, boost metabolism or melt pounds without the sweaty hard work of [tag]exercise[/tag] or the discipline and deprivation of diets, the survey found.
[tag]Doctors[/tag] say there is no safe way to lose more than a pound or two a week and no proof that unregulated, over-the-counter products help at all.
“People need to get away from magical thinking,” said Saul Shiffman, a University of Pittsburgh health psychologist who helped develop the survey. “It’s easy to hope for a magic pill that’s going to rev up their metabolism or shed their pounds.”
He and the others involved in the survey were paid by [tag]GlaxoSmithKline[/tag] PLC, which has an obvious interest in steering people away from dietary supplements. The company makes [tag]orlistat[/tag], sold in prescription form as [tag]Xenical[/tag] and soon to be available over the counter.
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