Weight loss at any cost

It's that time of year again when Canadians shed layers of winter garb to reveal parts of their bodies they've kept covered for months -and many Canadians won't like what they see.

Canada is in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Locally, about half of the adults who live in Sarnia-Lambton are overweight and one in five is considered obese.

Obesity is a complex disease with many factors contributing to its development, yet the idea that obesity can be "cured" with quick fixes continues to be promoted by a weight loss industry that is not regulated. At any given time, 70 per cent of women are dieting and the weight loss industry is capitalizing on this. North Americans spend $50 billion a year on pills, potions, diets and programs promising quick and easy weight loss. Click here for full article.