Diet industry expands right along with North America waistlines

Unregulated industry is a haven for empty promises, experts say.

The diet industry “dumbs down” a complex condition affected by genetics, psychology, metabolism and environment.

“When you try to treat a very complicated disease with a very simple approach, you’re looking at a recipe for disaster,” says Zentner. “It sets up a vicious cycle of unrealistic expectations for patients, over and over and over again.”

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