Overweight and obese adults make up almost seventy percent of the U.S. population. The statistics for children and young adults are not encouraging either, with seventeen percent of those between two and nineteen years old reportedly obese. In addition to affecting your health, being overweight or obese can hurt your self-esteem, harm your relationships, lower your job performance, and drain your energy. Fortunately, there are plenty of examples of people losing weight, keeping it off, and improving their health-and Dr. Richard Ng helps you duplicate their example in this guide to losing extra pounds. He shares how to: • identify the causes of being overweight or