Dear ALL!



As a practicing Physician and in my health education workshops, I am frequently confronted with the outcomes of uncontrolled obesity in adults and children.  Despite the fact that over the last 20 years common knowledge about the negative impact of certain eating and lifestyle habits have widely increased and influenced large parts of our society.  It still remains a great and lifelong challenge for an increasing number of people to implement a permanent successful weight management plan in their lives.



Of course there are multiple reasons for this but I have come to the conclusion that many people generally seem to lose or even fail to develop a reliable inner instinct for their nutritional and physical needs.  Could it be that the wealth of information we have on this subject is actually confusing people more than guiding them?  What about the many different ways of dieting?  What is right and what is  wrong?  Almost everybody seems to know about "Carbs", BMI and saturated fat.  Why is it so difficult to transfer this knowledge into our daily working lives?  Does a genuine diet really make sense?  Especially since research seems to have proven that no diet has a long term effect.



I rarely see patients with a weight challenge who lack motivation to truly change something about it.  However, if their motivation is gone in most cases they appear to be discouraged after not reaching their goals.



I would like to hear your opinions on this subject.  It does not matter if you have never had a weight challenge, you are currently experiencing one now or you have had a weight challenge in the past.  If you have thoughts to share, please feel free to express yourself.  I look forward to hearing from ALL of you. 

Dr. Karrenberg