Weight management is at once a simple and a highly complex conundrum. While the continued leveling off of the American obesity uptrend is good news, and new science points to the greater-than-imagined roles that inactivity and sleep deficit play in weight gain, the reality is that weight management will continue to be largely an issue of diet for the average consumer.
How successful (or not) individuals are at managing their weight through diet is apparently hardwired in the brain, according to a study just published in the journal Cognitive Neuroscience. But the results of such hardwiring end up on the hips, belly, and backside when dieting is unsuccessful. Risks of a host of diseases and disease states also are escalated.