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by Glenn Mackintosh (Author)
We are becoming more and more obsessed with being thin ... as we get fatter and fatter The craziest part is that most weight loss 'solutions' are actually part of the problem. Diet and exercise programs fail 97% of people in the long-term, resulting in short term weight loss, medium term regain, and long-term gain approximately 10 to 15% above starting weight.
Author Biography
Glenn Mackintosh is a psychologist who is incredibly passionate about eating, physical movement, weight and body image, and is the founder of Weight Management Psychology. He enjoys spreading compassionate, evidence-based and innovative messages, and his public work has seen him introducing non-dietingmessages to the contestants and viewers of Network Ten's The Biggest Loser: Transformed, and contributing regularly in the media. He is the Queensland representative for the Australian Psychological Society Psychology of Eating, Weight and Body Image Interest Group, and has researched and lectured in health psychology, the psychology of eating, and sport and exercise psychology at the University of Queensland and several other top universities. Glenn's passion is for helping people manage their eating, physical activity, weight and body image, and training other professionals in applying psychological principals to support their clients through his sold-out professional development events with the Australia's leading organisations for medical doctors, psychologists, dietitians and fitness professionals.
