[ATL_Gator]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

The numbers don't lie. I invite you to peruse the obesity thread.

With diabetes, yes, weight-loss typically alleviates symptoms. Sure enough, when my diabetic client lost a little more than 10% of her bodyweight, her blood sugar dropped from malignant levels to normal.

THEN she had another heart attack (read the diabetes thread).

So, we know that while weight loss improves numbers, we do not know that better numbers actually presage better health. And with diabetics, symptoms tend to return.

Moreover, EVEN IF weight loss is the panacea for many diseases, we're still left with the problem that we really haven't a clue about how to help people maintain their weight loss for any appreciable time. Almost everyone gains the weight back within 1-2 years. And the majority end up heavier than when they began.

IMO, that is not a PHYSICAL problem, it's a mental one.