In Breaking The Fat Pattern Charles Stuart Platkin, ' The Diet Detective', explores the behavioural reasons why when we lose weight we always gain it back, offering as an antidote a ten-step process for identifying & replacing our 'fat patterns. Research has proven that fad diets are misguided & that the only way to permanently lose weight is through behavioural & lifestyle modification. Learning to identify & break one's fat patterns enables readers to relearn how to create a relationship with food & fitness that is comfortable & maintainable.