The modem focus of eating plans for sustainable fat loss is a decrease in total dietary fat and an increase in the proportion of complex carbohydrates, followed in importance by a decrease in total energy intake. When assessing diet plans, these basic criteria need to be kept in mind. It is also important for health [...]
Much of any therapy’s success depends on the skills and sensitivities of those who administer it. The job description for an eating disorder therapist calls for someone who will take an active role in the process, rather than one who adopts the neutral, interpretive stance of classic psychoanalysis. Since sometimes just learning the truth sets [...]
When Debbie Owen decided to lose weight, she invited the readers of the newspaper in her hometown—all 500,000 of them—to cheer her on.
Even with her supporters, Debbie understood that there was only one way she would slim down successfully: She had to do it for herself. And she did, losing 91 pounds in 18 months.
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