The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets?

The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets?

The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets?
With the approach of summer, the temptation is great to give in to the sirens of slimming diets to lose a few pounds. There are many who claim to guide people towards weight loss with pre-programmed menus, but what is it really? Can they really be dangerous? What are their consequences on eating behavior? To try to see more clearly, we questioned 4 health professionals on the interest of starting a diet to lose weight.

Studies show: barely 20% of people who start a diet manage to maintain their weight loss over the long term. For others, the weight taken can even exceed the initial weight. Are there any diets that escape this rule? Can We Really Reduce Overweight Problems To A Food Problem? Do not diets represent an overly simplistic approach thinness? Or on the contrary, can they cause the psychological click likely to lead to real life changes? Reviews of experienced doctors who specialize in weight loss.

They don’t believe in diets

The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets? Jean-Michel Lecerf

Head of the nutrition department at the Institut Pasteur de Lille, author of the book “To each his own true weight”.

“Not every weight problem is a food problem”

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The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets?Helene Baribeau

Dietitian-nutritionist, author of the book “Eat better to be on top” published in 2014.

“You have to be in tune with your real needs”

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They have faith in their method

The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets?Jean-Michel Cohen

Nutritionist, author of the book “I decided to lose weight” published in 2015.

“Doing regular diet sequences can be interesting”

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The Great Investigation: Should we say stop to diets? Alain Delabos

Doctor, father of the concept of chrononutrition and author of numerous books.

“A diet that allows the body to manage its caloric potential on its own”

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Namely

  • Endurance or bodybuilding, the type of sport would have almost no importance in the context of a goal of weight loss.
  • There are 6 major sub-categories in obesity according to the results of a recent study. This is the reason why nothing would be worth a personalized treatment.
  • A research team has shown that losing weight would be easier for some than for others due to behavioral factors, but also to individual physiology (metabolism in particular).
  • A study has shown that diets that are too private (very often those that lead to rapid weight loss), or those too disconnected from food preferences, are almost doomed to failure.

 

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