Half the population has done a fashionable or miracle diet, 70% without medical supervision.

Madrid (EFE).- Half of the population has made one of the fashionable diets or miracle throughout their life, the most popular intermittent fasting although also those of low caloric or ketogenic input, but the vast majority has done it without medical supervision, which triggers the risks to ... Read more

One study points out that the vast majority of Spaniards have been on a diet at least seven times, half by means of miracle strategies.

These are some of the conclusions of the report “Fast weight loss strategies in the Spanish population” prepared by Fundación MAPFRE and the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics which reflects that 7 out of 10 Spaniards have ever tried diets in their lives to lose weight, with an average of seven attempts. The study, with 3,150 interviews to over 18 years of age, aims to analyze the perception of citizens about the strategies of rapid weig…

Seven out of ten Spaniards have tried to lose weight sometime in their lives, with an average of seven attempts. And more than half have tried it with some kind of miracle diet and without medical accompaniment. However, the most used strategies to lose weight are physical exercise (58% of respondents), followed by the hypocaloric diet (39%), the restriction of fats (57%) and the reduction of the consumption of carbohydrates (46%). Continue read…

53% of Spaniards have ever followed a popular diet or miracle with the goal of losing weight.