The main treatment for<unk>  is to reduce body fat by eating fewer calories and exercising more.  A beneficial side effect of exercise is to increase muscle, tendon, and ligament strength, which helps to prevent injury from accidents and vigorous activity.  Diet and exercise programs produce an average weight loss of approximately 8% of total body mass (excluding program drop-outs). Not all dieters are satisfied with these results, but a loss of as little as 5% of body mass can create large health benefits.
Much more difficult than reducing body fat is keeping it off. Eighty to ninety-five percent of those who lose 10% or more of their body mass by dieting regain all that weight back within two to five years.  The body has systems that maintain its homeostasis at certain set points, including body weight. Therefore, keeping weight off generally requires making exercise and eating right a permanent part of a person's lifestyle. Certain nutrients, such as phenylalanine, are natural appetite suppressants which allow resetting of the body's set point for body weight.
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