Weight ‘Til You Read This

Complimentary Medicine reports that...

… 70% of Fourth Grade girls are concerned about their weight.

… By age 18, 80% of all women have dieted

… One-third of all female college students regularly resort to self-destructive dieting techniques, such as binging and purging, diet pills and diuretics.

… Three-fourths of women who are medically "normal" in weight believe that they are too fat.

… Despite consistent dieting, 95% of those who lose weight gain it back within 1-5 years.

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