Weight loss author and entrepreneur Rosemary Conley commented, ?There has to be a change of lifestyle along with the loss of weight? The Weight Foundation is seeking to analyze thoroughly the various categories of dieters so that sufferers of dieting frustration can more clearly understand their underlying habits and declare psychological war on the eating behavior which has been keeping them overweight.
Its chief findings are that there are numerous dieters, beyond the traditionally recognized Yo-Yo'ers, all of them also persistent dieters and who have until now been largely overlooked. The first category is Flatliner dieters, referring to people who are constantly alternating between indulgence and the self-punishment of food restriction. The second is Lifer dieters, who never really come off a diet at all and hence never enjoy a relaxed relationship with food. Many psychologists are seeking the key to unlocking persistent dieting in what food and self-image means to an individual. The common thread is that trouble begins when food stands for anything more than everyday fuel, normal sociability and occasional celebration.
Sociologists are increasingly examining the pressures on people, particularly women, to become involved in dieting whether they have a significant weight issue or not. For many long-term dieters food remains a friend, a comforter, or an easy and non-complaining partner in a life with difficult relationships. Modern women are bombarded with such a constant and heavy stream of dieting messages that it can easily become part of a necessary identify to be ?in the dieting game?
Once these kinds of associations become fixed habits, all the dieting regimes in the world are unlikely to offer a long-term solution to persistent overweight and persistent dieting misery.
The Weight Foundation's site, including The Hardcore Dieting Index and The Diet-Watch dieting trends weblog can be accessed at: http://www.weightfoundation.com
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