Recently in one of my classes we talked about the weight-loss industry and its effects on consumers of that industry and even the suppliers. This industry yielded over $60 billion in 2014 and I believe that number will continue to grow, especially for my generation.
The weight loss industry is almost effortless for the creators of new fad diets. They basically get a couple people to try it and then it is completely word of mouth from there. I don't know about you guys, but my Facebook feed floods with people constantly posting before and after pictures of their diet journey or pictures of diet products. It becomes inevitable to whether those people will become suppliers and try to sell it to you, or you will merely see their results and have to try it all for yourself. I'm not discouraging any of these people because I even fell suit to trying fad diets myself. But the real questions begs; if these diets claim to work so well, why are there so many? Ah ha! Because they all have a fail system. If you don't keep up with these diets for eternity then you will gain your weight back (not everyone experiences this, but most). That's why these companies make so much money. The consumer does a ridiculously expensive diet challenge for a month or so then they think that they need to keep buying these products to keep the weight off, and most of the time, they do!
The weight-loss industry is sneaky, and in today's society people are becoming more and more health conscious which is making this industry grow substantially.
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