The logic of "Toward a New Paradigm for the Management of Obesity" The main purpose of this article is to take a look at the determinants of obesity, evaluate the efforts and results of current weight management programs, offer suggestions for change from the traditional weight control approach, and discuss the implications for health education. The key question that the author is addressing is what are the ways other than the reduction of calories that …showed first 75 words of 444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 444 total…it simply makes sense. If we fail to take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are that people will not understand obesity, and the problems that it caused, and the number of obese individuals will continue to rise. This article is looking at weight control problems that face people who are obese and seeing it from the point of view of a person who is interested in helping people become "healthy" and maintain it.