We all start a new diet with good intentions - wanting to make a positive change to our health, wellness and physical fitness.

But it is common for dieting to lead down the road towards emotional relationships with food and eating disorders. By some estimates, as few as 5% of people who lose weight by dieting are able to keep it off, and as many as 25% of people who start a diet can end up with an eating disorder.

Let's take a look at how that can happen and what we can do instead of dieting.

You can find the blog post for this episode here.

Resources

• BEAT

Other Sources

• Stats on weight regain from a diet