Big hat tip to @bikrchk for posting this in another thread here.
Please note that this recently reported study excluded from the sample all patients who had bariatric surgery. So these stats are only about people who have lost weight solely through diet and exercise. I hope the researchers produce a separate report about bariatric patients' long-term success. That would be very interesting.
But it's bloody clear that, as a society with so many overweight and fat people (70% of all adult Americans are overweight or obese), we have got to come up with better solutions.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think we will figure this out. I hope it's sooner rather than later.
I also promise myself that I'm not going back to being obese. I will continue to beat this disease for the rest of my life.
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