I would have expected that it would have required a larger weight loss for people to be able to experience these improvements.

You reap a lot of benefit from a moderate weight loss of 10 percent. It's a wonderful message. You don't have to reach some ideal weight to be healthy and happy.

Improvements in the quality of sexual life were directly related to weight loss and seemed to reach their maximum at about 12 percent weight loss.

People today always want to see instant gratification. It's difficult to do that with weight loss, so I tell them to think of the rush they get after a good workout.

Things are a bit different this year in that it's not just about weight loss, we have people here who are trying to get their lives back on track for a number of different reasons,

The main thing in weight loss is calories in versus calories out. People go on fad diets and think 'This one will be different,' but it never is and their weight rebounds and they move on to the next fad diet.