Diets fail to address the emotional aspect of overeating. People very often eat to help deal with emotional problems such as stress, rather than because they're hunger. This is normal, but some people gain weight because they turn to food for emotional comfort or to cope with negative feelings like anger or loss. Dieting doesn't solve the problem of 'emotional' eating. If anything, it makes people more depressed - and losing weight will often make things worse, as people have to cope with the pressures and expectations that their new body shape can entail.
Dieters usually fail to change their core habits.
The only people who lose weight and keep it off permanently are those who have made permanent changes to their own eating and exercise habits, and to those of their families. Too often those old eating habits will creep back in, no matter how much weight the dieter has lost, and in time they'll find themselves back at square one. Conclusion Wanting to be a healthy weight and to manage one's eating in a world full of temptations is a laudable aim. However, dieting as we know it is not the way to do it. The documents contained in this web site are presented for information purposes only.