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Fewer overweight Americans have been trying to lose weight in recent years, and researchers wonder if fat acceptance could be among the reasons.

The trend found in a new study occurred at the same time obesity rates climbed.

"Socially accepted normal body weight is shifting toward heavier weight. As more people around us are getting heavier, we simply believe we are fine, and no need to do anything with it," said lead author Dr. Jian Zhang, a public health researcher at Georgia Southern University.

Another reason could be people abandoning efforts to drop pounds after repeated failed attempts, Zhang said.

The researchers analyzed U.S. government health surveys over nearly two decades from 1988 through 2014. The surveys involved in-person physical exams and health-related questions including asking participants if they'd tried to lose weight within the past year. More than 27,000 adults aged 20 to 59 were included. They were not asked to explain their answers.

In the early surveys, about half the adults were overweight or obese. Those numbers climbed to 65 percent by 2014. But the portion of overweight or obese adults who said they were trying to slim down fell from 55 percent to 49 percent in the study.

Body mass index, a measure of height and weight, determines weight status. Those with a BMI of 25 to 29 are considered overweight; 30 and above is obese. A BMI of 30 generally reflects being about 50 pounds above your ideal weight.

The study results were published Tuesday in theJournal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Scott Kahan, director of a weight-loss clinic in Washington, said the study is important and echoes previous research. He acknowledged that it has become more acceptable in some circles to be overweight, but that many patients still feel stigmatized. He said many come to his center after repeated attempts to lose weight and some give up for a while out of frustration.

The study found obesity was most common among black women - 55 percent were obese in the most recent survey years, and there was a big decline in black women trying to lose weight. Whether that's because of fat acceptance, dieting frustration or other reasons is not known.

Zhang said there's a positive side to fat acceptance, if it means people feel less ridiculed for their weight. But obesity can increase risks for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other ailments.

The findings "are a very serious concern," he said.

"We should forget the words 'fat' or 'obesity,'" Zhang said, adding that a healthy lifestyle may be an effective way to help people lose weight.

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Restaurants are the number-one place to sabotage your diet, according to new research that will surprise no one who's ever tried to lose weight while eating out.

The year-long study, which was presented at a recent meeting of the American Heart Association, offers insight into tempting foods and the behaviors they trigger. By using a smartphone app, researchers followed 150 overweight people who were trying to stick to a weight-loss plan throughout their daily lives. The people in the study, most of whom were women, checked in up to five times a day and reported where they were, who they were with and whether they had strayed from their eating plan (or were tempted to do so.)

The dieters were also asked to log in anytime they ate (or considered eating) foods or portion sizes they knew were inconsistent with their plan.

Some clear patterns emerged from this deluge of data. People reported the most temptations when they were in a restaurant or bar, or when they were in the presence of other people eating. They noted fewer desires to overeat at home or work, and even fewer when they were in their car or in other peoples homes.

People had about a 60% chance of succumbing to those temptations at restaurants and when they were around others who were eating. Their odds of lapsing at work or in the car were lower, about 40% and 30%, respectively.

You might think that everybody knows theyre at higher risk when they go into a restaurant, but people go out into these toxic environments and they forget, says lead author Lora Burke, professor of nursing at the University of Pittsburgh.

People may also see eating out as an excuse to take a break from their diet, she adds. We remind people that its not a diet they can go on and off; its a lifestyle, she says. Its okay if they want to go out Friday night and eat wings, but then they need to cut back on Thursday and Saturday.

Eating at home was a safer bet, though not a foolproof one. People reported fewer food temptations in their homes and those of their friends than they did in restaurants. But when those temptations appeared, people gave in nearly 65% of the time. Even when they were completely alone, people were still likely to lapse about half the time.

Burke says there arent yet any commercially available smartphone apps that collect and analyze this type of data for the general public. But such a tool could be valuable for helping people learn and adapt to their diet-related weaknesses, she adds.

We can go to an individual and say, These are the high-risk situations youre vulnerable to, so you need to keep your guard up and practice strategies for sticking with your plan, she says. We could even intervene by sending a message right back to them when they need it, reminding them of why they may need to work really hard.

Measuring diet in the moment may also provide researchers with data that's more detailed and accurate. When we ask people to recall what they ate and how they felt, there are a lot of biases and problems remembering, says Burke. This way, we can be there as people are going through weight-loss challenges and find out exactly what theyre feeling, and when.

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Blueberries are the signature fruit of springtime, and their royal purple juice is used in (and on) everything from jams and marmalades to pancakes and pies. But besides being sweet, tart, and delicious, blueberries are also springs premier superfood.

Blueberries are rich in antioxidants, specifically gallic acid. Over 6,500 peer-reviewed articles have labeled this compound as a strong antifungal and antiviral agent and as a neuroprotective agent that maintains brain health. Blueberries contain fewer than 100 calories per cup and are a good source of fiber. Theyre also packed with vitamin C and contain plentiful amounts of the mineral manganese, while research is continuously pouring in linking blueberries to improved memory and insulin response.

Blueberries are a refreshing treat right out of the container, but if you want to simply reimagine this seasonal superfood without adding tons of extra calories and ingredients, try these four blueberry-based desserts that will help you lose weight.

7-Ingredient Blueberry and Lavender Vegan Cheesecake

I bet youre wondering how cheesecake can be vegan the secret is all in the cashews. This recipe ingeniously blends together raw cashews, coconut milk, and coconut oil to make a creamy filling that mimics the taste and texture of any New York-style cheesecake. The crust for these cakes uses only dates and walnuts (or almonds), bypassing any butter, cream, or flour.

Click here for the 7-Ingredient Blueberry and Lavender Vegan Cheesecake recipe.

Blueberry and Yogurt Ice Pops

These beautiful, simple-to-make yogurt pops truly accentuate the brightness of fresh blueberries. While they are perfect for a warm day, their nutritional profile is so well balanced that you could even take one out of the freezer for breakfast. With fewer than 150 calories per serving, these pops really do bridge the gap between health food and dessert.

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Healthy Blueberry-Peach Cobbler

When blueberries and peaches are in season they possess a sweetness that shouldnt be masked or muddled by a pantry full of ingredients. This recipe amplifies the natural beauty of these fruits, seasoning them using only a hint of maple syrup and vanilla extract. Top these cobblers with a granola crumble and youll have a quick and healthy dessert ready to go in no time.

Click here for the Healthy Blueberry-Peach Cobbler recipe.

Wholesome Banana and Blueberry Muffins

It might come as a shock, but muffins are one of the most nutritionally offensive baked goods sitting behind the pastry glass. A blueberry muffin from Starbucks has 350 calories, 29 grams of sugar, and six grams of saturated fat (30 percent of your recommended daily allowance). These numbers arent flattering, but homemade muffins can actually be good for you. The foundation of these wholesome muffins is whole-wheat flour, ripe bananas, and fresh blueberries.

Click here for the Wholesome Banana and Blueberry Muffins recipe.

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If youve been tryingto shed some pounds, and youre sick of expensive diet plans, apparently, the best alternative tactic is good, old-fashioned cheating.

Yes, you heard me right. And yes, Im as confused as you are.

Health and body hypnotherapistSteve Miller, known for his unconventional expertise when it comes to losing weight, is now pitching the idea that sex with a skinny person is your best chance at slimming down,according to MailOnline

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Miller proposes that its peoples dead relationships that are causing them to eat too much and be overweight. And heis confident that an affair with someoneon the thinner side will get youright out of thatlong-running food coma.

The cheating will not only lead to a drop in weight, but apparently, it will also help to revive your self-esteem and have you feeling confident and healthy once again. (Yeah, OK.)

Miller explained,

A lot of the reason we get fat is because we are in relationships with those we shouldnt be. We turn to food to fill the void.Partners can also become feeders because they are controlling bullies living in fear we may leave them for someone else.

Miller also believes obese people are most likely in relationships with feeders, partners who coax their significant others into eating that second, third orfourth cheeseburger, so theyll continue packing on the pounds.

This is all a ploy, according to Miller, because the feeder is actually so insecure, they want their partner to get heavierand ultimately rely on them more than they do already.

The dreary partner you are with is a killer in disguise because feeding yourself to create comfort will probably trigger cancer, stroke and heart disease, Miller said. Dont feel guilty for having an affair, go create excitement with a new lover and see yourself depending less on food for comfort.

Miller emphasized that your new perfect person to sleep withneeds to be thin. Otherwise, youll just be with a new feeder who wants you to be fat forever.

Hey, my man, Steve what the fuck are you even saying?

Can you please confirm in what worldcheating is ever the top choice in any situation?

How about you recommend some low-carb, high-protein dinner options instead? Or maybe some fun, at-home workouts?

Im not sure where you got your degree, but going out of your way to have sex with someone else and hurt your partner doesnt seem like an optimal way to drop a pantsize.Some quality time on the treadmill does, though.

Think a little a little bit on that one, and then, get back to me.

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Burgers are bad, right? Nope. The dish could actually be a better choice than a so-called superfood salad if youre trying to trim down.

Healthy burgers made of a bun, beef, lamborchicken patty, a slice of bacon, cheese and lettuce could contain fewer calories than cafe-style superfood salads that are loaded with high calorie haloumi, nuts, seeds and fatty dressings, a nutrition expert says.

But before you reach for a greasy Big Mac or Huxtaburger and fries, there are a few rules to consider.

A nutrition analysis shows the average superfood bowl made up of ingredients including quinoa, chicken and feta contains at least 820 calories, while a burger has about 740 calories, according to a leading Melbourne-based fitness coach and diet expert.

The theory that a salad is healthy versus an unhealthy burger is misconstrued, Jacob Schepis, of JPS Health & Fitness, told News Corp Australia.

They add a lot of tasty extras to a salad and it ends up becoming more calorie-dense than a burger.

Thats not to say a salad doesnt contain more micronutrients, vitamins and minerals than the burger, but at the end of the day, eating more calories than what we think isnt healthy either.

Thats why sometimes, a burger actually has less calories than a salad.

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CHICAGO -- Fewer overweight Americans have been trying to lose weight in recent years, and researchers wonder if fat acceptance could be among the reasons.

The trend found in a new study occurred at the same time obesity rates climbed.

Socially accepted normal body weight is shifting toward heavier weight. As more people around us are getting heavier, we simply believe we are fine, and no need to do anything with it, said lead author Dr. Jian Zhang, a public health researcher at Georgia Southern University.

Another reason could be people abandoning efforts to drop pounds after repeated failed attempts, Zhang said.

The researchers analyzed U.S. government health surveys over nearly two decades from 1988 through 2014. The surveys involved in-person physical exams and health-related questions including asking participants if theyd tried to lose weight within the past year. More than 27,000 adults aged 20 to 59 were included. They were not asked to explain their answers.

In the early surveys, about half the adults were overweight or obese. Those numbers climbed to 65 percent by 2014. But the portion of overweight or obese adults who said they were trying to slim down fell from 55 percent to 49 percent in the study.

Body mass index, a measure of height and weight, determines weight status. Those with a BMI of 25 to 29 are considered overweight; 30 and above is obese. A BMI of 30 generally reflects being about 50 pounds above your ideal weight.

The study results were published Tuesday in theJournal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Scott Kahan, director of a weight-loss clinic in Washington, said the study is important and echoes previous research. He acknowledged that it has become more acceptable in some circles to be overweight, but that many patients still feel stigmatized. He said many come to his center after repeated attempts to lose weight and some give up for a while out of frustration.

The study found obesity was most common among black women -- 55 percent were obese in the most recent survey years, and there was a big decline in black women trying to lose weight. Whether thats because of fat acceptance, dieting frustration or other reasons is not known.

Zhang said theres a positive side to fat acceptance, if it means people feel less ridiculed for their weight. But obesity can increase risks for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other ailments.

The findings are a very serious concern, he said.

We should forget the words fat or obesity, Zhang said, adding that a healthy lifestyle may be an effective way to help people lose weight.

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A depressing but eye-opening study has found that more and more overweight Americans are not even trying to lose weight, while separate research has warned of the dangers of the typical US diet.

Everyone knows that dieting sucks. None of us would choose to replace burgers with salads, but theres no other option is there?

Well, it would seem that for many Americans there is an alternative to the misery of healthy eating letting yourself go.

The percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese continues to steadily grow and is now at 66%, but possibly more importantly those who are out of shape are becoming less and less likely to try and do anything about it.

Research from Georgia Southern Universitys College of Public Health published in the Journal of the American Medical Associationhas revealed some worrying stats from the Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Between 1988 and 1994, 56% of overweight or obese people reported trying to lose weight in the previous year, but from 2009 to 2014, just 49% tried to shed some pounds.

The effect was most striking in black women, where back in the early 90s around 66% of overweight or obese women had dieted. But the most recent survey found just 55% were now making any effort to diet.

Researchers suggested that Americas "socially acceptable body weight is increasing"or put simply that "fat has become the new normal,"pointing to a recent study which found that people are less likely to consider themselves overweight than ever before even if they are.

Another possibility is that Americans are starting to understand that yo-yo dieting (and also yo-yo exercising) in fact leads to greater damage in the long term, but on the whole it would appear that the overweight US has given up.

The study authors wrote: The longer adults live with obesity, the less they may be willing to attempt weight loss, in particular if they had attempted weight loss multiple times without success.

But in a timely reminder of why giving up isnt a good plan, another paper in the Journal of the American Medical Associationreveals.

that nearly half of U.S. deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes can be blamed at least in part on diet.

Of the 700,000 American deaths in 2012 from the three deadly conditions, about 45% were attributed to eating bad foods, such as bacon, hot dogs and red meat.

So it really isnt a smart option to simply do nothing, however tempting it is. And it is really very tempting.

Is there a better way to associate diet with health (rather than vanity) so that people take it more seriously?

Within five years of having lost weight, 95% of dieters will regain all of it and most people will put a little extra weight on in addition.

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When Gabourey Sidibe decides to do something, she really goes for it.

The Empire star elected to have weight-loss surgery last year and has absolutely no regrets about doing it. Sidibe opens up about the big decision in her upcoming memoir, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, and to People.

"I just didn't want to worry," Sidibe, 33, tells the magazine of her decision to get laproscopic bariatric surgery after she and her older brother Ahmed, 34, were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. "I truly didn't want to worry about all the effects that go along with diabetes. I genuinely [would] worry all the time about losing my toes."

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Sidibe rose to fame after appearing in the hit film Precious. Aware of her size, Sidibe tried to lose weight for 10 years before ultimately pursuing surgery in May 2016. The choice has completely changed the way she treats food. "My surgeon said they'd cut my stomach in half. This would limit my hunger and capacity to eat. My brain chemistry would change and I'd want to eat healthier," she writes in her memoir, which hits shelves in May, per People.

"I'll take it! My lifelong relationship with food had to change."

She also doesn't see her choice as an "easy way out."

"I wasn't cheating by getting it done," she says. "I wouldn't have been able to lose as much as I've lost without it."

Sidibe's relationship with her body and food has been tumultuous ever since she was a little girl. When her parents divorced, Sidibe started to suffer from depression, bulimia and anxiety. But after undergoing therapy, Sidibe learned to love herself.

"It has taken me years to realize that what I was born with is all beautiful," she writes. "I did not get this surgery to be beautiful. I did it so I can walk around comfortably in heels. I want to do a cartwheel. I want not to be in pain every time I walk up a flight of stairs."

Almost a year later, Sidibe continues to lose weight, but she's not willing to say a specific number. "I have a goal right now, and I'm almost there," she says. "And then once I've got it, I'll set another. But my starting weight and my goal weight, they're personal. If too many people are involved, I'll shut down."

That being said, she does not want to lose too much weight. "I admit it, I hope to God I don't get skinny," she writes in This Is Just My Face. "If I could lose enough to just be a little chubby, I'll be over the moon! Will I still be beautiful then? S--t. Probably. My beauty doesn't come from a mirror. It never will."

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An increasing number of overweight Americans have lost the motivation to diet.

An increasing number of overweight Americans have lost the motivation to diet, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Back in 1990, when researchers asked overweight Americans if they were trying to lose weight, 56 percent said yes.

But this has changed. According to the latest data, just 49 percent say they're trying.

This may not seem like a big decline. But given that about 2 out of every 3 Americans are either overweight or obese, a decline of 7 percent means millions more people may have given up on dieting.

"The trend is particularly evident among black women," says study author Jian Zhang, an epidemiologist at Georgia Southern University though the trend is seen across the population.

So what gives? It seems our perceptions about dieting and our attitudes about overweight people are shifting.

"Women are leading the decline in dieting," the NPD Group told us in 2013, when the group's survey data picked up on this trend.

There seems to be a growing acceptance of bigger body sizes. And women we spoke with helped illuminate this shift.

Plus-size model Ashley Graham walks the runway during the Michael Kors Collection Fall 2017 fashion show last month in New York City. UCLA psychologist Janet Tomiyama says there are signs that the strong anti-fat bias in our culture may be shifting. JP Yim/Getty Images for Michael Kors hide caption

Plus-size model Ashley Graham walks the runway during the Michael Kors Collection Fall 2017 fashion show last month in New York City. UCLA psychologist Janet Tomiyama says there are signs that the strong anti-fat bias in our culture may be shifting.

"My family still loves me and my friends do, too, so it's not like I feel bad about how I look," Cynthia Rodriguez told us.

I met Rodriguez and her family at a food court where they like to go for dinner. Rodriguez told me she weighs more than she should, but she doesn't feel the pressure to diet.

She says she tried dieting in the past, but she didn't lose weight. "It's a negative thing ... like a punishment," Rodriguez says.

These days, Rodriguez says she's trying to exercise more and be healthy, but that doesn't mean she's aiming for skinny. She says not everyone needs to be a size 2.

And her sister Rosa Rodriguez says with more overweight people around, there's a new norm. "Everyone's more comfortable with themselves," Rosa says. "If you feel [good] with the body you have, [whether it's] being size 2, size 10, or size 16, it's just [about] being comfortable."

The authors of the new study point to other reasons overweight people may have given up on trying to lose weight "primary care doctors not discussing weight issues with patients," for instance.

The paper lays out another factor, too: "The longer adults live with obesity, the less they may be willing to attempt weight loss."

"It's a big concern," study author Jian Zhang told us. Obesity increases the risk of a whole range of diseases, and there's a concern that people who are overweight and obese may be ignoring or overlooking the risks.

Not everyone is convinced that the dip in dieting is bad. "There's a possible good news story in this," says Janet Tomiyama, a psychologist at UCLA who studies eating behavior and weight stigma.

"We're not going to shame people into health," Tomiyama says. Crash diets focused on weight loss often fail. But "a lot of research shows that having a healthy body image is what leads to better health outcomes."

She says that the women I met at the mall, including Cynthia Rodriguez, were onto something: focusing on health more broadly instead of just weight.

"Maybe people are taking the focus off the number on the scale, and going more towards focusing on their health," she says, such as sleeping habits and exercise habits and strategies to de-stress.

Tomiyama says there are signs that the strong anti-fat bias in our culture may be shifting.

"There may be a sea change toward pushing back against body shaming and fat shaming," says Tomiyama. And it goes beyond just the shift in perceptions in the U.S.

This month, Vogue magazine put a plus-size model on its cover and the fashion world has begun putting curvier models on the runway. "Even in Paris, a city known for its razor-thin models, signs of hope came via the appearance of Katy Syme and Stella Duval at H&M's vibrant see-now-buy-now show," wrote Janelle Okwodu in a Vogue.com story this week about the fashion world's new focus on inclusivity.

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