Weight Loss
Fad diets — References
& further reading
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2 [No author listed.] 2004. Frontline: Diet wars: View online | PBS.
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LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal
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National Institutes of Health. NHLBI. 1998. Clinical guidelines on the
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4 Cloud, J. 2009. Why your DNA isn’t your destiny. Time.
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5 Dale, K., et al. 2009. Determining optimal approaches for weight maintenance:
A randomized controlled trial. CMAJ, 180 (10), E39-E46. URL: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/10/E39
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“A relatively inexpensive program involving nurse support is as effective
as a more resource-intensive program for weight maintenance over a 2-year period.
Diets of different macronutrient composition produced comparable beneficial effects
in terms of weight loss maintenance.”
6 Foster, G., et al. 2005. Behavioral treatment of obesity. Am. J. Clin.
Nutr., 82 (Suppl.), 230S–235S. URL: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/82/1/230S
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