This is the Guardian.

It's the Guardian.

It's the start of a new year and possibly a time for some introspection, which for some

of us might involve inspecting our waistlines after overindulging at Christmas.

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If you are trying to improve your diet in the new year,

look no further, Bailey dietician and Akron

Children's Hospital is here with this now with five easy things you can do to kick

things off. Now wait is a complex subject. We used to think that it was down to how much we ate.

Now we know it's also about what we eat, as well as our genes and of course everyone's relationship with

their body is different. Still come January lots of us will resolve to eat more healthily, exercise more and shift some of that festive

excess.

So 50% of people vow to do more exercise that resolution is followed by then

losing weight then saving money improving your diet which probably will help you

lose weight. But it's not easy. In fact, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some research suggests

that 90% of people who do manage to lose weight through diet, exercise or even surgery,

ultimately end up putting nearly all of it back on.

So for those of us who do choose to try and lose weight, why is it so hard to shed the pounds and keep them off?

From the Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley and this is Science Weekly. To dig into this a little more I spoke to Health and Science journalist David Cox, who wrote a piece for the guardian on this subject. I started by asking about that almost

unbelievable 90% figure. It really is quite jaw dropping, isn't it? I mean, I couldn't believe it when I saw that. It shows

that many of the ways in which we tried to tackle obesity in the past just haven't

really been effective, but it also from the scientific perspective it shows that there's maybe processes taking place in you know our bodies after we try and use weight in months like January and perhaps ahead of the summer which we don't properly understand.

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