Only between two and five percent of people manage to keep weight off after a diet.
A major reason for this is that diets don’t help us deal with the underlying emotional, psychological and habitual triggers for overeating.
Most of us can stick with a diet for a few weeks, or to get into that dress or pair of skinny jeans for an important event – but after that, research shows that we not only gain the weight back, but pile on more.