They ended up going back to their unhealthy eating habits...

A couple of weeks ago we reported on a new report from an American research institute that shows that the majority of people who diet do not achieve weight loss in the long term but merely end up with short term weight loss which eventually leads to long term weight gain. It now appears that the British Dietetic Association following an extensive survey has come to more unless the same conclusion regarding weight loss.

The British Dietetic Association looked at over 4,000 men and women and noted that all over the UK there is a problem with yo yo dieting and that both men and women admitted to always trying new diets and experimenting with any diet plan that promised easy weight loss in the short term. Of the 4,000 people questioned over a thousand of them said that they are always fighting their weight and despite trying hard to limit the intake of unhealthy food almost half of them said eventually they gave in to the temptation to eat things that they should not and to eat too much of them.

The survey revealed that many dieters have tried many different diets that involved big changes in the way they normally ate, and while in the short term they were able to maintain strict eating habits, in the long term it became increasingly difficult and they ended up going back to their unhealthy eating habits. Another thing that the British Dietetic Association noted was that those people who do not include exercise as part of their weight loss program were far more likely to fail in losing weight than those who made going to the gym an integral part of their lifestyle.

The British Dietetic Association survey also noted that women were more likely to suffer from yo yo dieting than men.