“Dieting is a massive business, one that generates over $58 billion in profits every year. It’s also an industry built on incompetence, as numerous studies have determined that weight-loss dieting has a failure rate of around 90%. This is actually a brilliant setup, as the diet industry convinces people to repeatedly dump money into an effort with a one in 10 chance of long-term success.”
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Lesley Kinzel from “UNSOLICITED ADVICE: Don’t Buy That Diet Book”
http://www.xojane.com/healthy/diet-books-turbocharged-dian-griesel
(via fresafresca)