Weight Loss Is Simple In reality weight loss is simple. It is like going to a stockbroker and asking what’s the secret to making money in the stock market. The answer is simple, buy low and sell high. It is just like the secret to losing weight, less calories in and more calories out. Simple, but not simplistic, E=MC2, is simple but not simplistic. Doctors usually know how their patients became fat, but they may not know why they became fat. From working with overweight patients for many years I have come to appreciate that many overweight individuals overeat not because of an empty stomach but because of an empty heart. In the treatment of obesity caring is as important as knowing. There is more to losing weight than meets the eye. But the basic simple truth still stands, managing calorie intake means successfully managing weight. Peter Vash, M.D.