Part of this education must include trying to make people aware of the fallacy of crash diets. Five balanced mini-meals to include fats, proteins and carbohydrates will begin to behaviorly trigger the body's metabolism to increase its activity. Five mini-meals or snacks per day keeps the body from going into survival mode, which starts to occur at about four hours after not having replenishment. When the body hits survival mode, it tends to store much of what is ingested as body fat. Eat your balanced mini-meals every three to four hours.
Exercise does far more for fat burning than even the most perfect eating habits.
The best kind of exercise for losing fat, which also is fantastic for cardiovascular health, is aerobic exercise. I'll bet there's plenty of time to watch television. And, by the way, I haven't mentioned it yet, but here it is. It's better to educate and lead by example. That also means, doctors, that maybe you need to apply some of the same strategies for yourselves.