Weigh to go: the benefits and importance of intuitive eating

Intuitive eating encourages us to listen to the body’s cues for hunger and fullness. It also helps to end the constant battle with dieting, say experts

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Diets don’t work. They only set you up for failure in the long run, say a growing number of experts backed by research.

As long ago as 1992, a National Institute of Health Panel in the US reviewed weight-loss studies and found that 95% of people who lost weight through dieting regained it all within five years.