The debate rages on:
In one corner, we have the current champion: The Atkins/South Beach/Abs/Fat Smash/ You on a Diet KID.
In the other corner, we have the challenger: Healthy Lifestyle
And the winner is…..
With sales of $58 billion in 2007, the diet industry kicks butt. Healthy Lifestyle butt.
But maybe 2008 is a comeback year for Healthy Lifestyle.
Here [...]
Take a look at the ‘About this blog‘ page: you will see that I close out my intro by saying that Genetics is Not Destiny.
I truly believe that. I have to believe that.
As a kid, I was always ‘husky’.
Through research, discipline and hard work, I was able to transform my body from fat to fit.
During [...]
The BBC has reported that 83% of U.K. consumers “believed irresponsible marketing was making it harder to encourage children to eat well”.
The survey was conducted by Which?, the U.K.’s largest independent consumer organization.
The survey also found that “most of the 2,000 questioned want the government to do more to control the marketing of unhealthy [...]
In 2007, North Americans spent an estimated $64 billion on weight-loss products & services. This works out to an average of $810 per dieter.
2007 North American population = 334,000,000 x Approx 25% of the population participating in the weight-loss industry = 79,000,000 dieters in North America.
$64,000,000,000 spent in 2007 / 79,000,000 dieters = $810 per [...]
