{"id":39685,"date":"2021-06-29T06:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmediaexplorer.com\/?p=39685"},"modified":"2021-12-29T08:41:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T13:41:14","slug":"weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmediaexplorer.com\/infographic\/weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Weight Loss Isn\u2019t What You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>97% of diets fail.&nbsp; For the half of America looking to lose excess weight, this is dismaying news.&nbsp; During the pandemic, 42% of adults unintentionally gained weight.&nbsp; Despite being a major health issue in this country, only 56% of physicians feel qualified to treat obesity.&nbsp; Training in obesity management is scarce, and improper delivery can lead to overweight patients feeling judged by their doctor.&nbsp; Defensive patients are less likely to follow through with medical advice.&nbsp; These are just some of the challenges doctors face when trying to help their patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One underutilized tool in <a href=\"https:\/\/relish.life\/weight-loss-isnt-what-you-think\/\">weight loss<\/a> is medication.&nbsp; Just a quarter of doctors account for 90% of all weight loss prescriptions.&nbsp; Under 3% of eligible patients are prescribed weight loss medication.&nbsp; These medications have been studied extensively.&nbsp; One of the most popular weight loss drugs, phentermine, was approved by the FDA in 1959.&nbsp; For people on Bupropion or Naltrexone, patients lost 7 to 8 times as much of their body weight after 24 weeks compared to those who used diet and exercise alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another issue of concern with regards to losing weight is mental health.\u00a0 3 in 5 Americans say the weight loss process itself is nearly as miserable as being overweight.\u00a0 Mental conditions such as depression can contribute to problems with weight.\u00a0 Some people living with depression eat emotionally; half of adults with a history of binge eating have also experienced depression.\u00a0 Some people have a genuine food addiction, one just as dangerous as other forms of substance abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/relish.life\/weight-loss-isnt-what-you-think\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/relish.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/weight-loss-isnt-what-you-think.png\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Weight Loss Isn't What You Think\u200b\" border=\"0\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>97% of diets fail.&nbsp; For the half of America looking to lose excess weight, this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":39686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7843],"tags":[384,8377],"class_list":["post-39685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic","tag-health","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Weight Loss Isn\u2019t What You Think - Social Media Explorer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Losing weight is harder than it looks. 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