Category Archives:Diet

Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet

July 30, 2008

NEJM — Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet:
Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT) Group, N Engl J Med 2008 359: 229-241
Norman Swan on Radio National’s Health Report this week reports on the above fascinating study, comparing three commonly recommended diets
Low-Fat Diet
The low-fat, restricted-calorie diet was based on American Heart Association20 guidelines. […]

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Rethinking Thin and Mindless Eating

January 4, 2008

Reason magazine online has a review of two new books on weight loss that are relevant to our stepUp program.
In Rethinking Thin, Gina Kolata, a veteran New York Times science reporter uses case studies to illustrate her general point that “very few people lose substantial amounts of weight and keep it off” because genetic factors […]

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