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What is a weight normative approach?

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According to a 2011 review of weight science, a staggering one-third to two-thirds of participants in weight-loss studies regain all the weight lost within one year, with almost all of it regained within five years. This reality sharply contrasts with the assumptions of a weight normative approach, which prioritizes weight loss as the central measure of health success.