Obesity Doctor Says Don't Do A Diet, Live a Diet

Dr. Gage, obesity expert, author of weight loss book to lose weight via behavioral techniques and keep it off permanently

(PRWEB) October 11, 2004 -- With so many people jumping on the low-carb bandwagon, its a good time to step back and ask if popular diet regimens are the right approach to losing weight. According to Dr. Dennis Gage, M.D., Obesity Expert and Researcher, most mass market diets help you take the weight off, but they dont help you keep it off; and long-term weight maintenance is the most important goal.

A special article based on research published in August 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) reveals that although many different dietary approaches may result in short-term weight loss, the limitations of most diets are poor long-term compliance and weight regain.

In Dr. Gages recently published book, The Thinderella Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Individualized Permanent Weight Loss by Vantage Press, he describes the problem. People are enticed by a fantasy world with unrealistic goals." Diet books espouse using only one technique to achieve weight loss, namely a strict avoidance technique." Dr. Gage offers a custom-made group of behavioral interventions that, when applied, will work for each individual. Through his theory of the Three Rs of Behavior Modification (Realization, Regimentation, Reorientation), he describes what is involved in taking back control of ones eating lifestyle. From his twenty-five year experience working with obese individuals, Dr. Gage has developed a group of techniques for weight maintenance that he calls Defensive Eating Style." Through continued patterning and awareness, the patient is able to maintain a healthy goal weight indefinitely, and, if weight regain does occur, Dr. Gage describes his red alert" warning system that restores control back to the patient. Dr. Gage has helped hundreds of patients lose weight permanently. With obesity now vying for the number one cause of American-related disease and death, Dr. Gage says You cant just do a diet, you must live one."

Dr. Dennis Gage is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition. He is an Attending at Lenox Hill Hospital and has a private practice in NYC. Dr. Gage is available for TV, Radio, and Interviews. His book is in paperback, 148 pgs, $13.95. Order through Amazon by visiting http:// www.thethinderellasyndrome.com. or Barnes and Noble.

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