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Everyone seems to get focused on losing weight during the winter months. This makes sense, with the holidays and the cold weather. It has been statistically proven that people typically gain weight during the last three months of the year, most intensely during the eight week period between Halloween and New Year’s. But weight loss shouldn’t be your only concern during the cold weather.

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Obesity is one of the leading causes of preventative disease and death in the United States, entering the same conversation as tobacco use and smoking in terms of health risks. This is a very big deal, considering that about two-thirds of adults in the United States are either overweight or obese.

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Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing can be certain in life, except death and taxes. Well in our contemporary state there may be one additional caveat to this old adage: nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the eventual desire to lose weight. The World Health Organization has thrown two of these into the headlines by recommending that governments implement a tax on all sodas and sugary beverages in an attempt to discourage people from purchasing these drinks, which is intended to help encourage healthier dietary habits and weight loss.

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It is incredibly difficult to get your ideal nutrient intake through diet alone. This is especially true if you follow any aspect of the standard American diet. Fast food menus are pretty much completely devoid of any nutritional benefit. Go-to home dinners are typically filled with pre-packaged and processed foods, and even items prepared from scratch are not too often loaded with the necessary nutrients to make up for a proper daily supply.

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Life has its way of taking a toll on the body. For a lot of people, the primary way that this shows is through weight gain. This is something that a majority of Americans can speak to experiencing, as about two-thirds of US adults struggle with excess weight, about one-third of whom are considered obese.

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