freeNewsArticles Story Summary: According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 35.9 percent of Americans above the age of twenty are considered obese. Not surprisingly this has caused an increased interest in discovering easy and approachable weight loss plans in the form of fad diets, gadgets, medications, or even risky surgical procedures. According to Gene Hirschel, Behavior Modification Expert and founder of Dynamic Resource, most of these methods either fail or do not provide lasting results.