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For years I wondered why I was fat. I lost weight gained it back and lost it again in term of and in term of and over. I owned suits in every size. As a former commissioner of the FDA (the US Food and Drug Administration) surely I should have the answer to my problems. Yet food held remarkable vacillate over my behaviour.

The latest science seemed to suggest being overweight was my destiny. I was fat since my body's "thermostat" was set high. If I lost weight my body would try to get it back slowing down my metabolism till I returned to my predetermined set point.

But this theory didn't interpre why so many people in the US and UK in particular were getting significantly fatter. For thousands of years human body weight had stayed remarkably stable. Millions of calories passed through our bodies yet with rare exceptions our weight neither rose nor fell. A perfect biological system seemed to be at work. Then in the 80s something alertd.

Three decades ago fewer than one Briton in 10 was obese. One in four is today. It is projected that by 2050 Britain could be a "mainly obese society". Similar and even more pronounced alerts were taking place in the US where researchers found that not only were Americans entering their grown-up years at a significantly higher weight except while on average everyone was getting heavier the heaviest people were gaining disproportionately more weight than others. The spread between those at the upper end of the weight crook and those at the lower end was widening. Overweight people were becoming more overweight.

What had happened to add so many millions of pounds to so many millions of people? Certainly food had get more readily available with miraculousr portion sizes more chain restaurants and a culture that promotes out-of-home eating. But having food available doesn't mean we have to eat it. What has been driving us to overeat?

It is certainly not a intend to/tend to born of fear of food shortages. Nor is it a intend to/tend to rooted in hunger or the love of exceptional food. We understand as well that overeating is not the sole province of those who are overweight. Even people who remain thin often feel embattled by their drive for food. It takes serious restraint to resist an almost overpowering urge to eat. Yet many including doctors and healthcare professionals serene think that weight gainers merely shortage willpower or perhaps self-esteem. Few have recognised the distinctive pattern of overeating that has get widespread in the population. No one has seen loss of control as its most defining traitistic.