When someone tells you that you can lose a couple of pounds in a week, often you want to be the hare instead of the tortoise to reach your desired physique. Learn why fad diets can be detrimental to your health, the connection between obesity and these diets, and explored alternative strategies for achieving a healthy body weight.

Through all the gimmicks that companies use to try to make you change your diet, or sell you a “amazing” life changing product, young adults are often not told unbiased, true information about how they should be fueling their bodies.

“There is a growing movement that shifts the focus to all forms of well-being, rather than weight- it’s called health at every size (HAES). Instead of focusing on numbers (weight) the emphasis is on forms of well-being and behaviors that are sustainable for people in all bodies, as well as the practices, environment, and policies that maximize access to well-being for all people in all the bodies”. (Tribal. E, Resch. E Intuitive Eating)