Reports

	Life After Diets Philosophy 12-Sep-06 Frequently Asked Questions about applying the Life After Diets Philosophy to your life
	10 Reasons not to diet 19-Dec-05 The Truth About Diets Ten Reasons Why Our Diets Fail Us.
	A new perspective on long-term weight management Is there a better way?
	Tips for long term weight management This article explores some of the important strategies people need to employ to achieve and maintain the healthiest weight that is possible for them.
	Diet Free Weight Management As in most western societies, dieting in Australia has become so widespread that it is a normative mode or style of eating.
	Eat Drink and Be Merry - For Tomorrow We Diet (PDF) [Email this file] Report (109.95 KB) Eat Drink and Be Merry - For Tomorrow We Diet by Dax Urbszat, C. Peter Herman, & Janet Polivy.  Professors Herman & Polivy are the founding fathers (parents?) of Restraint Theory and this paper deals with the fascinating process of the Last Supper Effect.
	National Weight Control Registry - Lessons on maintaining weight loss (PDF) [Email this file] Report (173.98 KB) National Weight Control Registry - Lessons On Maintaining Weight Loss This paper summarises the findings of 5,000 people who have demonstrated their ability to lose weight and keep it off for at least a year. Amongst other things it shows that while exercise is not a big factor in bringing about weight loss, it is a factor in maintaining weight loss. These guys and gals also remind us of the need to start the day feeling full with a good breakfast so we are not chasing our hunger - and finally hunting it to death by the end of the day - and of the need to monitor our weight and our energy intake.
	If At First You Don't Succeed - False Hope Syndrome (PDF) [Email this file] Report (184.87 KB) If At First You Don't Succeed ... The False Hope Syndrome by Janet Polivy & Peter Herman This is a classic paper by Professor Janet Polivy looking at the mistakes that people make in expecting too much of a weight loss plan. This paper is really all about how people cleverly set themselves up to fail through all-or-nothing thinking.  Research shows that losing 8% per year of body weight is an achievable goal and much more than this is often a recipe for failure.
	Abuse in Gastric Banding Patients (PDF) [Email this file] Report (76.29 KB) Childhood Maltreatment in Extremely Obese Male and Female Bariatric Surgery Candidates Carlos M. Grilo et al This paper is a well designed study of  340 consecutive candidates for gastric bypass surgery. Concerningly it found that 69% reported some form of childhood abuse. Allowing for the usual degree of under-reporting this reminds us that this population may have some very powerful motivations driving their obesity - that even gastric banding may not be able to combat unless they are dealt with.
	The Role of Exercise in Weight Loss [Email this file] Report (244.92 KB) Exercise and Weight Loss - This is the research behind this statement. Published on the website of the North American Society for the Study of Obesity - the peak research body in the world - this paper is a review of the relevant, well designed research that clearly demonstrates the limitation of  exercise when it comes to weight loss.  This research also suggests that people are more likely to exercise from home than at a gym and to stick to incidental or lifestyle activity rather than designated, or scheduled exercise such as jogging or aerobics.