PROLOGUE
Whatever happened to the simple things of life?
It used to be that being chubby was healthy and that parents would do almost anything to make their babies gain weight.
Then suddenly excess body fat became one of America’s worst health problems.
Now being hungry is “in,” and eating is “out.”
In America, where there’s enough food for everyone, almost four out of ten adults are dieting, eating less than they should and/or less than they want to.
Many years ago, when parents were trying to make their children gain weight, being overweight was quite unusual. Now that everyone is trying to lose weight, the number of people with excess weight is on the rise. If current trends continue, by the year 2050 more than 90% of Americans will be overweight and/or obese.
Excess body fat has now become everyone’s problem.
And when we study why people gain weight, things get very, very complicated.
MYTHS
As you read this book, you will discover that most of what has been said about why you gain weight is more myth than fact.
First of all, there is no relationship between how much you eat and how much you weigh. Some eat great quantities, others eat normally, many are permanently on diet and yet excess body fat persists in all of them.
Also, it turns out that the metabolisms of overweight and thin are identical, as long as neither of them goes on a diet.
What about exercise? By exercising, you can lose up to ten pounds and reduce health damage caused by excess weight. But if you have more than ten pounds to lose, you’d better start looking for other options. Furthermore, the overweight are not lazy as everyone assumes, since when they walk, they use the same energy as thin people who
Dr. Bolio has dedicated 25 years of his professional life to the study of obesity treatment. His two major contributions are:
- Non calorie restricted fat loss, also known as ad libitum diet.
- Targeted fat loss; i.e. preferential reduction of specific segments of the body.
He has worked on obesity with the Pan-American Health Organization / World Health Organization in M exico. From 1990 to 1999 he led a nationwide program where he trained hundreds of doctors to impart the Habit Changing Workshop. This Workshop is given to date in the country´s major medical centers. In 1998 he participated in the elaboration of the nation’s Legal Criteria for Obesity Treatment. In 2004 he presented his ad libitum diet that favors preferential loss of lower abdominal fat at Las Vegas, Nevada in the Annual Reunion of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO).
During these past three years he has researched eating patterns of Americans and has successfully adapted his recommendations to the country's most common eating habits. He applied these new recommendations in three different clinical trials with spectacular results.
His current book is an adaptation of this technique to the American public.
He has written three books in Spanish:
LAS DIETAS ENGORDAN COMER ADELGAZA
(Diets Make You Fat Eating Makes you Skinny)
QUE HACEN LOS MALDITOS FLACOS PARA ESTAR FLACOS
(How the Naturally Skinny Stay Skinny)
EL PLACER DE COCINAR PARA ADELGAZAR
(The Pleasure of Cooking to Stay Slender)
All three books have been blockbusters sharing first place sales in Mexico. He is currently the most widely read and famous obesity author of that country.
Dr. Bolio specialized in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He has been Chief of Staff of various medical services.