Weight Loss Industry
Why does the US have both a huge weight loss industry and a junk food obsession at the same time?
[2010-07-04 20:32:00]

Q: In the US junk food is so socially acceptable and people eat it all the time and there are millions of fast food places, yet at the same time there's a huge weight loss industry. The two cancel each other out. If Americans weren't so obsessed with junk

A: Mass media. The wight loss industry survives because the junk food industry exists, and media gives mixed messages,. On the one hand, it says "eat this! eat this!" but then it says that everyone has to be super-skinny to be attractive, and it's

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How much does the "weight loss industry" bring in yearly?
[2010-03-20 10:46:58]

With 50 million Americans going on diets this year, how much are they making?


* Marketdata estimates that the total U.S. weight loss market was worth $55.4 billion in 2006. The market should reach $58.7 billion this year and $68.7 bill. by 2010 (see attachment, table).

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Weight-Loss Industry Creates Myth of 'The Obesity Epidemic,' Author Mike ...
20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --. "The Obesity Epidemic" is a myth perpetrated by the weight-loss industry, says Mike Schatzki, author of the newly published book, "The Great Fat Fraud: Why the 'Obesity Epidemic' Isn't, How to Be Totally... "Try to escape the weight loss industry for just one day, you'll find it nearly impossible. Around every corner, on every channel, Facebook page, and Twitter feed you'll find an ad promoting weight loss pills, 'smart liposuction,' gastric bypass surgery, and the newest in amazing plans to lose weight. "Fad diets, weight loss surgical procedures, diet pills and The Biggest Losers are all part of daily life.

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Why does the Weight Loss Industry always warn of the dangers of fasting?
[2009-04-29 11:08:34]



because everybody thinnks that if they stop eating then they will lose crucial weight fast, which in actually its the opposite, your body breaks muscle down for energy and stores more fat, and you look worse, then its harder when you stop fasting to keep

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Why, in the weight loss industry, is it called "losing THE weight"? What's with the "THE"???
[2007-05-15 20:30:09]

I've always wondered if it was some sort of grammatical rule or if it's a way to disassociate the excess poundage from the obese or overweight person...like, a way of saying: "That fat and blubber isn't PART of me; which is why I'm trying to get


Plain old "lose weight" sounds slower and in less quanitity. It's indefinite, kind of loose and unstructured. Losing "the weight" sounds like getting rid of all of that excess flub you want to get rid of, not just some weight. People

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Made in the USA: The Weight-Loss Industry Makes Huge Gains
"Members call in, weigh in, win prizes and share their weight losses. We shout out to them. They are a strong and growing community." The health and fitness industry, which includes the weight-loss industry, is a strong and growing community as well,