The mass appeal of dieting really took off in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a multibillion-dollar industry, despite poor long-term efficacy.
For all best-selling books and celebrity endorsements, dieting has proven an abysmal failure for long-term weight loss, with obesity rates rising significantly.
Diets do not work as a long-term weight loss strategy, leading to a 300 percent increase in obesity-related diseases while diets proliferate.
Decades of dietary dogma have not only failed to combat obesity but also perpetuated stigma and increased the risk of eating disorders.
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