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1 My Aunt Susie has been trying to lose weight she calls it “the battle

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of the bulge” for at least forty years. She says that weight control

has changed in three ways over the years the foods allowed, the
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role of calorie counting, and the emphasis on exercise. When she first

began trying to lose weight, her family physician who has since
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retired told her to cut out all breads. Dr Smith told her to eat plenty

of protein, including bacon and beef. Now, bread is allowed on diets
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however, meats are limited. Aunt Susie also remembers making lists
and writing down every calorie she ate: one carrot, 25 calories one

chocolate chip cookie, 100 calories one slice of bread, 60 calories.

6 When she went on her latest diet, she asked, “Should I count calories

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” Her nutritionist told her that today, the emphasis is on watching fat
intake and eating nutritiously very low calorie diets are strictly

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discouraged. In the past, doctors prescribed one exercise pushing

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