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From KQED.

From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

You know, at any given time, Paul show that roughly a quarter of Americans are trying to lose weight. And a very solid majority of Americans across genders have been on a diet.

And yet research shows time and again that very few people succeed in losing weight and, as every

diet ad says, keeping it off. This morning, we're going to be talking with the creators of a new

Bloomberg podcast, losing it, that investig to be talking with the creators of a new Bloomberg podcast losing

it that investigates the myths and the realities of nutritional science and the power of the

dieting industry. We'll learn about the invention of the calorie as a weight loss tool,

the branding of the South Beach diet, and the complex relationship between what we define as real

actual health and those numbers that show up

on the scale. That's all coming up next after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. You know, when I set out to run my first marathon,

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