Balancing Act

摘要

Experts agree that calories and exercise count in efforts to shed pounds. Toward that end, operators offer a growing array of healthful menu choices and help facilitate lifestyle changes. The national concern over our growing obesity epidemic and how best to conquer it is a headline issue and top of mind in media, business and personal discussions. How to slim down and pursue a healthy lifestyle is no longer a soon-to-be forgotten New Year's resolutions to shed a few pounds. It's also not as easy as we would like it to be. Traditionally, women were more weight-conscious than men, and people often spoke of being "on a diet," with the inherent understanding that at some point of optimal weight loss, they'd be "off" the diet. Today, weight-consciousness and dieting know no bounds such as gender or time of year.