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You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
There's something we don't talk about much on LifeKit and that's weight loss.
There are a lot of reasons for that.
One is it feels like conversations around health and fitness can focus too much on losing weight.
when our physical health is more complicated than that.
Also, this show is about a life well-lived,
and there's so much more to that than how many pounds you weigh or how your body looks.
That said, we felt like this was the time to talk about it again.
Losing weight is a very common New Year's resolution,
but it's complicated and there are a lot of misconceptions about it.