Tuesday, July 03, 2007

This is interesting

Dr. Michael Dansinger of the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, weight loss specialist for the TV show the Biggest Loser, announced that all diets work about the same, poorly. According to a release that has been picked up widely on the interwebs:

A typical diet helps people lose an average of 6 percent of their weight, typically 10 to 15 pounds, and most people put it all back on after five years. Weight-loss drugs are similarly ineffective in the long run, said Michael Dansinger of the Tufts-New England Medical Center.

He says this after examining 46 trials that covered nearly 12,000 people. I'm telling you, if you haven't read Paul Campos' wonderful book The Obesity Myth, you really should.

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