CAN SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT?
Practically everybody can achieve and maintain an ideal weight. Do not delude yourself with the excuse that you have inherited your tendency to be fat or thin; do not pay any attention to the stories you have heard about glandular or metabolic disturbances. Doctors find that most of these stories are untrue.
A large proportion of the men and women with whom I discuss the problem of dieting tell me that there must be something wrong with them, hoping to have it confirmed by metabolism tests. (See basal metabolic rate and metabolism in the encyclopaedia section.) They are often incredulous, even indignant, when I tell them that the only thing wrong about them is the amount or kind of food they eat.
It is true that a few diseases can be responsible for overweight or underweight. Certain glandular disturbances can affect the appetite or influence the distribution of fat. But a healthy individual gains or loses weight in direct relation to the amount and kind of food eaten and the amount of energy expended in his physical activity.
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