False Hope Syndrome In Dieting
Many people continue to practice the same diet fad or routine to lose weight even after the effort is proven to be ineffective. This mentality of dieters is called the False Hope Syndrome and happens due to:
- Overestimating the weight loss amount.
- Misjudgement of the time it would take to lose weight.
- Not knowing how easy or difficult it would be.
- Unrealistic expectations of the result of weight loss.
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