Ah, to be an eater in France: the cheese , the baguettes, the wine, the petit fours. There's a lot of money at stake in treating obesity. The American Medical Association—against the recommendations of its own Committee on Science and Public Health—recently classified obesity as a disease, and doctors hope insurers will start covering more treatments for obesity. If Medicare goes along with the AMA and designates obesity as a disease, doctors who discuss weight with their patients will be able to add that diagnosis code to their bill, and charge more for the visit.
The best way to lose weight is to improve your diet and exercise more at the same time. If you're overweight and want to shift some excess pounds, it's easy to fall into the trap of extreme dieting or exercise to lose weight. But either will be hard to stick to and can be bad for your health. With an extreme diet, you might not get the nutrients your body needs to function and with extreme exercise, you can get injured. What's important is to set yourself some realistic, achievable targets.
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