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Losing Weight Has Nothing to Do With Willpower

Losing Weight Has Nothing to Do With Willpower

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Dec 02, 2023
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Losing Weight Has Nothing to Do With Willpower
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Overweight and obesity are diseases. As much as we don’t want to hear or say that, it’s what the science and research shows.

It’s not a matter of personality or lifestyle that drives obesity, not exclusively or predominantly, it’s rather a complex biochemical disfunction.

And yet, when the pounds creep up year aft…

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