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Avoid the Trap of Common Weight Myths

A lot of the information you find on   weight management   carries the same scientific heft as the blank pages you’d waste printing it out. The Internet wasn’t where weight myths started, though—not by a long shot. But weight-related misconceptions flourish in the fertile ground of today’s online ecosystem. Physical and lifestyle realities make modern-day weight-management efforts hard enough. Add in the mountain of weight misinformation burying people’s best efforts, and you have a Herculean task. But you can manage your weight to live a healthy, happy life. It starts with knowing fact from fiction. Clearing up six of the most pervasive weight myths is a good start. Read on to see which weight-related misconceptions you can toss aside to lighten the load of advice for staying healthy. The Scale Says It All—Body Weight is Key to Your Health It’s correct to connect higher-than-normal body weight with a broad range of undesirable health impacts. This is especially true when the ...