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Dr. John Macionis, author of "Why Your Diets Fail and the Science That Really Works," argues that the root cause of obesity is a chemical imbalance in the body due to improper nutrition. He claims that conventional dieting fails because it doesn't address this underlying imbalance, leading to the body's resistance to weight loss and often resulting in weight regain.
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