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Fad diets — References & further reading

1 Hunter, A. 2010. Twinkie diet for weight loss: Is Professor Haub on to something? URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20022205-10391704.html (accessed 11.18.2010).

Peeke, P. 2010. The Twinkie diet: Caution — Toxic. Everyday fitness. URL: http://blogs.webmd.com/pamela-peeke-md/2010/11/the-twinkie-diet-caution-toxic.html (accessed 11.17.2010).

2 [No author listed.] 2004. Frontline: Diet wars: View online | PBS. URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/diet/view/ (accessed 04.03.2009).

3 Gardner, C., et al. 2007. Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women. The A TO Z Weight Loss Study: A randomized trial. JAMA, 297 (9), 969–977, URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/297/9/969 (accessed 11.17.2010).

  National Institutes of Health. NHLBI. 1998. Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults — the Evidence Report. Obes. Res., 6 (Suppl. 2), 51S–209S. URL (PDF): http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.pdf (accessed 11.17.2010).

4 Cloud, J. 2009. Why your DNA isn’t your destiny. Time. URL: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951968,00.html (accessed 11.17.2010).

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 (accessed 05.13.2009).

“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 (accessed 02.26.2009).

 

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