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Like many women, Nancy Cort longed to be the size she was at age 18 -- size 8, to be precise -- 28 years and dozens of pounds ago. The Westport, Conn., schoolteacher enrolled in a weight-loss program, dropped 35 lbs. and then, with just 15 lbs. more to go, decided to call a halt to her dieting. "I thought about what I could maintain, what I could be successful at," says Cort. "Sure, I'd like to be a size 8, but then I would have to exercise more." Her conclusion: "I'm content being a size...
That message is slowly seeping in. Congressional hearings on the diet industry last year have underscored the futility and fraudulence of many weight-loss schemes. New scientific discoveries that genetics are as important as willpower in determining a person's shape have led people to realize that they can't all look like Jane Fonda, no matter how hard they...
Signs of moderation are surfacing. According to the Calorie Control Council, a diet-industry trade group, the number of dieters in the U.S. has leveled off from 65 million in 1986 to about 48 million currently. Many weight-loss clinics across the nation have closed or are failing. People are also losing their appetite for diet books. "The past couple of years have been relatively light on diet best sellers," says Stuart Applebaum of Bantam Books. Another reflection of the changing standards: makers of liquid and powder diets are avoiding bone-thin models and choosing heftier people to hawk their...
...radical diets and instead are incorporating liquid meals and other dieting aids into their regular eating plans. A new survey by the Calorie Control Council shows that 60% of adult Americans who use diet products say they are not dieting, a reverse from a similar survey in 1986. Formal weight-loss programs now make a point of discussing improvements in health as well as decreasing girth. There are also lessons in realism. "We spend a lot of time working on the concept that managing this weight is going to be difficult," says Betsy Taylor of Health Extenders, a diet program...
Johnny Carson and Ted Koppel have gone to bed and so has the Ziploc talking finger. But late night is when TV's hucksters really get humming. Amazing baldness cures and miracle weight-loss plans. Kitchen tools and anticellulite treatments. Self-help courses and get-rich-quick schemes. Stick around: you'll learn all about Citrus Miracle, a spray cleaner made from "100% natural oranges," able to wipe out everything from oven grease to carpet stains. Or share a few teary minutes with Richard Simmons as he travels the country getting testimonials from converts to his Deal-a-Meal diet...