The Top 8 Reasons People Fail To Reach Their New Year’s Weight Loss Goals
By: Taylor Empey, Nationally Certified Fitness Trainer and Nutrition Specialist
ISSA – CFT, SFN, SET, SSN, and Elite Trainer Level I
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With the holidays and New Year’s right around the corner, countless individuals are undoubtedly starting to look towards their waistlines and those ruthless numbers that seem to creep higher and higher on the scale. The holidays always bring about great fun, family time, unforgettable memories, and…about 10-20 pounds.
If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve set New Year’s Resolutions in the past, shown initial dedication, but then found yourself frustrated, burned out, tired, or uncommitted to them shortly thereafter, causing you to give up or slack off on those goals until next year. Trust me, I know how it goes. I have worked with hundreds of people, predominantly on weight loss goals, year round for nearly a decade. I know how you feel, and I know how frustrating and disappointing it can be, but it doesn’t have to be that way this year.
I felt compelled to write this article this year because I have found myself curious as to why so many individuals struggle with weight loss in general, but especially around this time of year.
Below are The Top 8 Reasons Why People Fail To Reach Their New Year’s Weight Loss Goals. It could be one or any combination of these reasons why you haven’t reached your goals in the past. I believe by bringing these limiting factors to the surface you can make a more informed decision this coming holiday about how you will go about your new fitness goals.
1) You Have Too Many Goals, They’re Unreasonable, or They’re Too Vague
Many people who set New Year’s resolutions want to conquer the world immediately. They often set too many goals and end up stretching themselves thin, committing only a small amount of time to a laundry list of goals. This is the quickest way to get nothing accomplished. Recent research has shown humans cannot effectively multitask. We can shift our focus from one task to another quickly, but that is just it; our focus can only be placed on one thing at a time, thus meaning we will neglect the other things we were focusing on in order to place our attention on what is in front of us at the moment. Don’t get caught up making a laundry list of goals this year. Don’t make a list of goals, period. Focus on one goal, commit to it religiously, accomplish it, maintain it, and then move on to another. That’s it.
Many people also set unreasonable goals. They want to look like a professional fitness model or trainer in 3 months or less. You have to realize that, though you do need to dream big, you need to do it in the confines of what is reasonable for you, your lifestyle, your health, your work, etc. You’ll need to make sacrifices in these areas to reach your goals, but you need to make sure you are trying to be the best YOU and not the best somebody-else.
Many people also struggle with reaching their goals because, though they have an idea of what they want to do, they are far too vague in what their goal actually is. Most people when asked will say,
“I want to lose weight.”
“I want to get back into shape.”
Or, my personal favorite, “I want to look good naked.”
These are great ways to start describing your goal, but they are much too vague to make specific progress towards. Here’s an example of a specific goal:
The Who: (You)
“I. Me. Myself.”
The What: (The Goal)
“I am going to burn 24 lbs of body fat and keep the weight off.”
The When: (The Timeframe)
“I will start working on this goal immediately, right now, today, this moment. I will not stop or waiver until my goal is reached. I will aim to reach this goal in a reasonable 12-24 weeks.”
The Where: (The Location)
“I will commit to my plan to reach my goal everywhere I go. If I’m home, if I’m at the gym, if I’m at work, out with friends or family, if I’m on vacation, if it’s the weekend. I commit to my goal wherever I am. No exceptions.”
The How: (The Method/Your Plan)
“I will do this by committing to scheduling my workouts into my daily routine, planning my meals ahead of time, making sure my health comes first, attending the gym at least 3-4 x per week for 30-60 minutes, working on all essential components of fitness including nutrition, cardio, weight training, flexibility, and recovery. I will do this in a manner that is reasonable for me and my body to ensure that I don’t get burned out.”
The Why: (The Why Power/Your Reason)
“I’m going to reach this goal because I’m sick and tired of looking at myself in the mirror and feeling unhappy with myself. I am doing this to better my mindset, my quality of life, my self-confidence, my health, and to be an example to my friends, family, and children that being healthy is one of the most important things in life and to me.”
2) You Don’t Want It Bad Enough
To be honest, I’ve trained many clients who initially stated they wanted it, they needed it, they were a 10 out of 10, they were willing to do “whatever it takes” to get to their goals, but in the end they weren’t.
In order to want it bad enough to actually reach your goal, you have to establish what I just mentioned in the last section above. Why Power. You have to learn to understand and develop your Why Power. As cheesy as this sounds, it’s true. You can refer to this as your “motivating factor” behind why you are striving toward this goal. If you don’t have a reason you’re doing all this hard work towards your goals, you will never reach them. Any I don’t just mean any old reason like, “I want to feel better.” I am talking about getting down to the core of it. The best way to do this is keep asking yourself “why” until you can no longer come up with a more specific answer.
“Why do I want to get into shape?”
“I want to feel better.”
“Why?”
“I want to have more confidence.”
“Why?”
“Because I don’t have any.”
“Why?”
“Because I don’t / my spouse doesn’t/ think I’m sexy anymore.”
Boom! That’s the real reason. Dig deeper and deeper into yourself, keep asking yourself “why?” and you’ll eventually find the true answer behind why you want to get into the best shape possible. Only once you find your true Why Power will you be able to want it more than any temptation that can come along and screw you up. You have to find your Why Power in order to be able to overcome temptations of food, going out for drinks, not sleeping enough, working too hard or too long, not wanting to go to the gym, feeling sore, etc.
Find your Why Power and you will find results.
3) You Aren’t Committed To A Permanent Lifestyle Change
Many individuals “want” to be fit, but aren’t willing to change anything about themselves, their habits, or their lifestyle in order to do so. It’s like they just want to order a magic pill off of an infomercial and immediately drop 15 lbs, or sprinkle some magic powder on their meals and think that they will be able to lose weight and keep it off.
This is not how it works. Fad diets, crash diets, magic pills, excessive supplementation, or miracle programs for the masses will not work. You may seem some initial results, but it is not going to transform you or make a permanent change in your life until YOU change.
“Once you change, everything will change for you.” That’s from the late Jim Rohn.
If you want to have the best body possible, you have to look at every decision you’ve made up to this point. That’s how you got where you are. It wasn’t that you were suddenly overweight. You made every decision that got you to this point, which means that your current lifestyle has to change or you will never change.
You have to change your sleeping habits, your eating habits, what you eat, when you eat, how much you eat. You have to say “no” to a lot of things. You have to make going to the gym the majority of the week part of your daily routine, you have to schedule it in, you can’t miss it, and you have to miss other things in order to do it. You have to commit to cleansing your house of the temptations, all the bad foods, all the processed foods, all the snacks, crackers, unhealthy cereals, sugary foods, candy, treats, etc. If you really want to be an example to yourself and your children, you’ll also have to get rid of all of those foods that you’ve been feeding your kids.
You’ll have to change the way you think and look at exercise, activities, fitness, and lifestyle. You have to be willing to say, “This change is not temporary. How I start living today is how I am going to live the rest of my life.” If you can’t do that, you won’t see results.
4) You Have The Wrong Approach, Mindset, or Mentality About Your Goals
Many people set goals and fail even before they start. They shoot themselves in the foot because they have the wrong approach mindset, or mentality.
Many people don’t believe they can even reach their goals so they don’t even try. Many people approach weight loss as “I don’t want to be fat anymore,” instead of saying, “I’m so excited to start living a healthy lifestyle!” Many others think it is a temporary commitment. Once they can buckle down, commit, and then reach their goal, they think, “Yay! I can do whatever I want now that I am fit!” Then they slowly but surely regress back to living the way they used to live.
To reach your goals and stay there permanently, you have to reset your fitness and mindset “thermostat.” You need to demonstrate that you now think positively about yourself, you believe in yourself, and you must commit to doing whatever it takes to get to and maintain your goals – no matter what.
5) You Aren’t Thinking Long Term
Much of the time, people don’t reach their goals because they aren’t thinking long term. They think that reaching fitness goals is a sprint instead of realizing it’s about consistency and endurance.
Too many people think they can transform in 12 weeks like all of the TV programs and media state you can. While some exceptional individuals may be able to do that, you may not be under the same circumstances they are.
In my experience, in order for an average individual to go from where they are, to where they want to be and beyond, in order for them to get to their goals and learn enough and implement enough to maintain it on their own, it usually takes at least 12 months. Again, you didn’t get the way you are overnight. It took years and years compounded on top of themselves in order to get you to where you are. You aren’t going to reverse your lifestyle in just a few days, weeks, or months.
Plan on at least one year of unwavering effort, commitment, and consistency. Only then will you truly be able to transform yourself. Think long term, not short term.
6) You Haven’t Set Up A System of Accountability
Many people start their fitness journey alone, without any accountability system. One of the easiest systems of accountability that works for you without effort is your social network. Utilize your friends, family, spouse, co-workers, neighbors, therapist, coach, trainer, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or other social media to tell everyone you know about what you are doing.
Tell them you’ve “had it”, that you’re ready to become the best you ever. Tell them the specifics of your goals as described earlier. Tell them how you plan to do it. Then the best part – ask them to hold you accountable. Ask them to regularly check in with you and ask how your fitness goals are coming. Ask them to push you. Ask them to call you out when you’re wandering away from your new healthy lifestyle. Trust me, people love this. True friends love to see others succeed, it inspires them to do so themselves.
If you have people in your life who are negative, that’s okay too. We call these people HATERS (Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success). These people will make sure to tell you when you aren’t following your plan. They’ll call you out, they’ll taunt you, and they’ll be cynical when they see you going off of your plan. They’ll try to tear you down. They will tell you you can’t do it. They will try to tempt you to go off of your plan.
When you see this happening, don’t get down on yourself. Use this as a gauge; a system of accountability and inspiration to slingshot you back into focus. Say, “thanks for sharing!” And then jump back on the horse and keep riding.
Another system of accountability you can use is to find a motivational goal picture of a person the same height and general build as you, but who is in the ideal health you feel you can reach. Search Google Images; trust me, you’ll find one for yourself that will work.
Once you found the right picture, put it everywhere. Put it on your mirror so it is the first thing you see when you get up. Put it on the fridge and the pantry door so you’re reminded of your goals every time you go to eat. Put it on your desk at work and in your wallet or purse so, when you go to pay for some unhealthy food at lunch, you think twice before buying it.
Another great thing to do to complement putting your goal picture everywhere is to accompany the picture with your detailed and specific goal as described earlier. That way, you’re reviewing your goal every day. Recite it to yourself out loud. Trust me, it will resonate and stay in the forefront of your conscious mind, thus making it easier to stay committed and motivated.
7) You Aren’t Tracking Your Progress or Reviewing Your Goals Regularly
Another great example of accountability is tracking and reviewing your goals regularly. The best way to do this is to have a fitness journal; this is a notebook you track everything in. This can be one of your greatest tools to accomplishing your goals.
You know when you are in the gym and you see the weirdo with the clipboard or the notepad who goes to the gym day in and day out, who does his or her reps and sets, and after every set they right down exactly what weight they used, how many reps they did, how fast or slow they did them, and then they reach up and check their pulse on their neck or their heart rate monitor while watching the clock? Yeah, those people. I want you to be one of those people. Why? Because they’re the ones who are going to see results, and if you don’t implement most of what they’re doing, you won’t be the one seeing results.
Use your fitness journal to write down every workout, every rep, every set, every exercise, every day, every week, and month that you work out. Use it to track all of your meals, when you ate them, every serving size, every bite, every calorie, and every fluid ounce you drink. Use it to track how many hours you slept the night before. If you just carry a pocket size journal around and each time one of these activities comes up, I guarantee you’ll see far better results than if you don’t use a fitness journal.
Though it sounds like a lot, it really only takes a few seconds to jot down each of these things at the time you do it. By doing this it brings awareness to your health and fitness and any potential habits that could slow you down. If you take a second to write something down, you will have that second to decide to make the healthier choice. It forces you out of autopilot and into a more aware and healthy lifestyle.
Another thing to add to your fitness journal is to track all of your weigh-ins, measurements, body fat percentage, and body mass index (BMI). Before you even start your program, go on Amazon.com and order a digital scale, a hand held body fat tester, and a tape measure. You can get all three of these items together for less than $100, maybe even cheaper. Use these items once every two weeks to track your progress. Write it all down in your journal. This way, even though you may not feel like you are visually changing, you can see if your body fat is going down, if your lean muscle mass is going up, if your weight is going down, and if you’re closer to your ideal height to weight ratio (BMI). Again, track all of this in your fitness journal. You will be far more likely to reach your goals.
Be the fitness nerd. Be the meat head. Be the gym rat. Trust me, it is far more rewarding in the end.
8) You Simply Don’t Know What Exactly To Do or Where To Start
The last, and probably one of the most frustrating limiting factors people run into when trying to reach their New Year’s fitness goals, is that they have the motivation, they have specific goals, they are committed to a lifestyle change, they want it bad enough, they have the tracking and accountability systems, they are thinking long term, and they are ready to take all the other steps necessary, but they simply don’t know what to do or where to start. Maybe they’ve never worked out before, maybe they don’t know where to look online for reputable sources of fitness information.
This is when you reach out for help. This is when you need to work with a professional and experienced trainer. You wouldn’t go into court without a lawyer, right? You wouldn’t go skydiving without an instructor, right? You wouldn’t buy a house without a realtor, right?
The same principle applies with fitness. You shouldn’t try to workout and diet on your own without a good trainer if you have no idea where to start or what to do. The best option for you is to seek out the best trainer for you. Shop around and find the best option for you and your goals. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your health and fitness goals and education is to find the right trainer for you and stick with them until you feel comfortable to continue producing results on your own.
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What You Need To Know To Burn More Belly Fat: 4 Easy To Implement Tips For A Tighter Midsection
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The Easy Way To Stop Over-Eating and Burn Fat: 4 Specific Foods That Shut Down Hunger Hormones
By: Taylor Empey | 801-336-7452 | taylor@taylorempey.com | TaylorEmpey.com
People are always asking me how they can burn more fat, keep it off, and do it in a quick and easy fashion.
Want to know how I do it? It’s honestly really simple.
Here are the 4 primary foods to include in your diet that with SHUT DOWN HUNGER signals in your body (Not to mention, they will also increase your sense of satiety and fullness as well which is an added bonus).
1) Protein
Adding things like eggs, chicken, turkey, lean red meats, fish, plant based proteins, whey protein isolate powder will give you a large dose of protein.
Protein has the highest thermic effect of all macronutrients which means you will burn off 30% of the calories from protein during digestion, yet, protein turns off a major hunger hormone signal so you stay feeling full and satisfied longer while setting yourself up to burn more fat later during the day.
2) Healthy Fats
Adding things like egg yolks, almond butter, olive oil, coconut oil, almonds, walnuts, seeds, and MCT oils will give you a large dose of healthy fats. These forms of healthy fats will give you much longer steady sustainable energy, throughout the day teach your body to metabolize and burn fat over sugar/carbs, and also turn off a major hunger hormone signal in your body.
3) Greens/Veggies
Adding in foods like spinach, kale, arugula, bok choy, broccoli, asparagus, and green food powders will give you a large dose of the greens and veggies you need each day. These foods help with making sure you get all of your daily vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients which help with hundreds of metabolic functions. When you consume large amounts of greens and veggies it fills up your stomach without causing you to feel bloated which turns off a major hunger hormone signal and does so without adding a ton of calories.
4) Fiber
Lastly, adding in fruits and veggies and foods high in fiber, or taking a fiber supplement will also help. When you have a high dose of fiber each day (ideally around 38g or more per day) it turns off a major hunger hormone signal and slows down the rate of absorption so the food you each leaves you feeling full and satisfied longer, while giving you longer lasting energy without the risk of overeating.
How You Can Add Them Into Your Diet (Example Meal Plan):
Breakfast (Smoothie):
1-2 Scoops Whey Protein Isolate or Plant Based Protein Powder
2-4 Handfuls of leafy greens
1 Tbs Almond Butter or MCT oil
1 Serving Pasteurized Egg Whites
1 Serving Fiber or Greens Powder Supplement
Snack
1/4 Cup Almonds
1 Cup Broccoli or Cauliflower
Lunch
4-6oz Baked or Grilled Chicken Breast
Quinoa Salad
Snack
1 Cup Snap Peas, or Carrots
Dinner
4-6oz Baked or Grilled Salmon Filet
Leafy Green Salad
1/4 Cup Walnuts
Vinaigrette or Olive Oil Based Dressing
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There You Have It!
4 simple foods you can implement into you diet right now for better hunger/craving management and ultimately better fat loss.
Hit me up and let me know what you thought! If you want me to cover another topic in a future email let me know and I’ll be happy to help! You can email me here:
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Your Primary Care Physician Is Not Qualified To Give You Fitness, Nutrition, or Supplementation Advice: Here’s Why
By: Taylor Empey ISSA – CFT, SFN, SET, Elite Trainer Level I
Over the years patients have been conditioned to believe that in order to get proper advice on how to engage in fitness, adopt a healthy diet, and understand the depths of dietary supplements, they need to consult with their primary care physician (PCP). However, as more recent research has exposed, it is becoming shockingly clear that many PCPs are far from qualified from giving any advice related to these aspects of health.
The range of PCPs and their various areas of specialization vary greatly so the exact number of these individuals who may have been fully qualified to help overweight, obese, or unhealthy patients is not entirely known.
However, to justify the claim that not all (in fact many) PCPs are not qualified to be counseling their patients in areas of fitness, nutrition, and supplementation, here are some interesting findings about the education that many physicians receive in the realm of nutrition as found in a survey that was conducted among many accredited medical schools nationwide.
“During the 2012/13 academic year 141 US medical schools were fully or provisionally accredited by the LCME. Only information about the 133 schools with a fully operational four-year curriculum at the time of the survey is included in this report. A total of 121 (91%) medical schools responded to the survey.”
The questions in the survey addressed specifically how many hours of nutritional education did medical students receive, as well as how many minimum hours were required (if any) specifically dedicated to nutrition.
“The responding medical schools reported that they provide on average 19.0 hours of nutrition
education with a standard deviation (SD) of 13.7 hours and a median of 17 hours. Over a third of the responding medical schools (43/121, 36%) reported requiring 12 or fewer hours of nutrition instruction; twelve of those institutions (9%) required none. Less than a third (35 of 121, 29%) of the responding medical schools reported that they provide at least 25 hours of nutrition education across the four-year curriculum.”
Though some schools reported higher numbers of hours for some medical students these numbers seem to be low given the amount of responsibility that is placed on doctors to provide patients with nutrition and healthy weight management advice.
“Primary care physicians overwhelmingly supported additional training (such as nutrition counseling) and practice-based changes (such as having scales report body mass index) to help them improve their obesity care. They also identified nutritionists/dietitians as the most qualified providers to care for obese patients.”
The PCPs that participated in the study ‘overwhelmingly supported’ that Licensed Nutritionists and Registered Dietitians should be who these patients should be referred to.
So, it seems the next best step for a patient to take, regarding addressing at least their nutrition behavior to begin living a healthier lifestyle, would be to consult a Registered Dietitian if studies are showing that PCPs are not qualified to be giving such advice. This seems to be the most logical professional patients should be seeking out to receive more credible education and training than from the average doctor. However, there are in fact issues with seeking out even a Registered Dietitian for nutritional counseling as well.
According to a study that was conducted surveying undergraduate students studying nutrition and dietetics it was stated that, “several studies have indicated that college students majoring in dietetics have more problems associated with food than do students majoring in other disciplines. If this is true, dietetics students may need more counseling and education on eating disorders, especially because many will eventually be counseling others professionally.”
The abstract continued and clarified that there were some students who did show positive responses and psychology oriented around their views of nutrition and their nutritional habits in relation to the questions in the survey. However, it was also found that “the results of the second survey, however, indicated that dietetics majors had significantly more negative eating patterns than did students from other majors.”
It should be noted that the study did indicate that with more experience students showed a more positive understanding and psychology oriented around nutrition behavior.
However, other research findings have revealed that individuals who have a preexisting unhealthy relationship with food are more likely to pursue education and a career in dietetics. Evidence Suggests that people majoring in dietetics have a notably higher tendency to develop or suffer from eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors.
It seems that even if a patient seeks out, or is referred to, a qualified Registered Dietitian they may still not be receiving adequate, accurate, or healthy nutrition counseling.
People then often seek out Certified Personal Trainers or Nutrition Coaches who are more prevalent in the fitness industry. However, those many individuals in this space can be highly qualified, there is no significant regulation of education and services offered in these industries.
With so many conflicting diets and protocols available on the internet, a lack of regulation in the fitness industry, unqualified primary care physicians, and registered dietitians who suffer from disordered eating patterns themselves, we as a nation are in a serious predicament when it comes to properly seeking out appropriate, healthy, personalized, and long-term sustainable nutrition advice.
Fitness and Healthcare professionals, and their prospective regulatory organizations, need to take action to remedy this problem so consumers can get the help they need safely, effectively, and from the appropriate professionals.
Bleich, S. N., Bennett, W. L., Gudzune, K. A., & Cooper, L. A. (2012). National survey of US primary care physicians’ perspectives about causes of obesity and solutions to improve care. BMJ Open,2(6).
Adams, K. M., Butsch, W. S., & Kohlmeier, M. (2015). The State of Nutrition Education at US Medical Schools. Journal of Biomedical Education,2015, 1-7.
Reinstein N., et al. Prevalence of eating disorders among dietetics students: does nutrition education make a difference? J Am Diet Assoc. 1992 Aug; 92(8): 949-53.
W.V. Strauss, et al. A Comparison of Dietetics Career Choice Motivators and Prevalence of Eating Disorders in a College Female Population. Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. September 1999.
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Chronic Dieting and Focusing On Rapid Weight Loss Sets You Up For Failure
By: Taylor Empey ISSA – CFT, SFN, SET, Elite Trainer Level I
I have discussed this topic with numerous clients and individuals over the years when discussing the negative impacts of chronic dieting and unhealthy, unsustainable dieting techniques.
It is not uncommon that chronic dieters have a higher likelihood to regain lost weight after undergoing dieting techniques as compared to a non-dieter.
Studies have shown what happens when undergoing a specific dieting technique and how some individuals suffer from lower resting energy expenditure (REE) after engaging in certain unhealthy dieting techniques. This essentially means that as the participants lose weight, they may be losing some of the weight from muscle mass, which requires more energy to sustain the tissue than fat mass. Essentially, the more muscle you lose, the lower metabolic rate you will have. If you lose more weight from muscle than from fat tissue your REE will decrease further than those who lose more weight from fat vs muscle.
“In one study, three years after participants concluded a weight loss program, only 12% had kept off at least 75% of the weight they’d lost, while 40% had gained back more weight than they had originally lost.”
I have encountered many individuals who have suffered from these or similar outcomes when attempting to lose weight. Individuals are more likely to gain unhealthy weight and some gain more unhealthy weight than they originally had before they began their diet.
Our society is so heavily transfixed on focusing on ‘weight loss,’ and doing it as quickly and easily as possible. Because of this motivation, people make poor health choices in order to reach their weight goals including disordered eating behaviors, fully engaging in eating disorders, adopting poor nutrition habits, participating in numerous short-term unsustainable diet programs, engaging in excessive high intensity exercise and workouts, all while failing to address the real issues in their lives that lead them to be unhealthy in the first place.
We as a society (especially fitness companies and marketers in the industry) need to stop focusing on ‘weight loss,’ and start focusing on healthy sustainable fat loss, lean muscle development, behavior change, healthy lifestyle practices, and a healthy psychological and emotional relationship with fitness, food, and supplementation.
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Spritzler, F. (2016). Do “diets” really just make you fatter? Authority Nutrition. https://authoritynutrition.com/do-diets-make-you-gain-weight/
Medical Treatment in the Healthcare System is Incentivized To Keep You Ill; and They’re Profiting Off It
By: Taylor Empey ISSA – CFT, SFN, SET, Elite Trainer Level I
It is apparent, given the current state of the obesity epidemic in America, that efforts to treat obesity, and other related diseases, is not working to reverse the problem. Currently the rate of development of both obesity and type 2 diabetes is still on the rise. Though some of the efforts that have been made to help treat and reverse these conditions post-diagnosis may have positive impacts, it is clearly not an effective long-term solution.
Prevention, not just post-diagnosis based treatment, is a more effective and healthier approach. This approach should be adopted in order for us to get a real handle on the situation. Medical and health professionals need to figure out more effective forms of preventative measures vs only helping patients with post-diagnosis based treatments.
However, due to the fact that the healthcare system is set up in such a way that there is no substantial financial incentive for healthcare providers to give preventative counseling (since they only get paid when patients are ill), the state of health nationwide in the United States continues to get worse overall while the healthcare system continues to make money off of treating ill patients vs keeping their patients healthy from a preventative standpoint.
It is hard to say whether a specific method of obesity prevention advice will be effective or not until the proper long-term research has been conducted, but it is clear major changes need to take place in the health care industry if we as a nation want to reverse this epidemic.
Some areas where greater improvement is needed are school lunch programs, school physical education programs, food labeling and nutritional education for children and consumers, and looking into how to approach issues like food deserts and government policies oriented around food, nutrition, and supplementation. Though some of these areas have already been addressed recently or in the past, more changes in these areas may be required to help shift these health-related epidemics in the United States.
Medical and health professionals need to start shifting their focus towards prevention, not just treatment, but due to the way these professionals are paid and incentivized this may not be as likely as ideal; doctors simply don’t make money off of healthy patients and that is the reality of the situation when it comes to the healthcare system in the United States.
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