Every year, millions of older Americans resolve to lose weight, whether on their birthdays, New Year's Day, or just some morning when their mirror or the bathroom scale seems particularly unkind.
And every year, many people get frustrated and give up before reaching their goals. Experts have argued that fad diets don't work over time because they don't teach eating habits that last a lifetime--once people get off the diet plan they tend to fall off the wagon.
Contributing to this problem is a host of bad information about diet and exercise that circulates through gyms, workplaces, and over the Internet.
To help more people achieve and maintain a healthy weight, two diet and exercise experts agreed to "weigh in" on many of the most common diet and exercise myths that could be holding you back.
