Tell us what you think. The Dallas Morning News America is addicted - to food. As with other addictions, willpower alone is seldom a sufficient treatment. Sure, it works for some people, but in most people the motivation to eat overwhelms concerns for health and image.
Gimmicks work little better.
There are more diet plans available in America today than calories in a Krispy Kreme doughnut, but the plumpness in the population continues to proliferate. Experts estimate that more Americans are overweight than not, and 22 percent of the population qualifies as obese. And the more people get fat, the more other people fatten their wallets with offers of miracle cures. But just as there are no easy cures for drug addiction, there is no simple solution to obesity. The brain biology behind overeating is no less complicated than the chemistry of cocaine.