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The Ups and Downs of 'Yo-Yo' Dieting
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "And so, this study actually helps provide strong evidence to address that question about whether someone's worse off due to trying (to lose weight), and the answer is no. There's no sign that losing the weight results in a worse final weight than in the control group," Dansinger explained.
"I agree that it never hurts to try," said Field, adding that people should move away from diets and strive for lifestyle changes.
"A lifestyle change would be to make smaller changes to diet that someone could stick with, such as decreasing the number of cans or bottles of soda, sports drinks and other sweetened beverages and watching one hour per day less of television," she said. "Additional changes could be done gradually, but the goal would be long-term weight control rather than large rapid weight losses."
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For tips on managing your weight, visit the U.S. government's Nutrition.gov Web site.
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Last updated 10/24/2008
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SOURCES: Jean-Pierre Montani, M.D., professor, chair of physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; Alison E. Field, Sc.D., associate professor, pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston; Michael L. Dansinger, M.D., assistant professor, medicine, and obesity researcher, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston; U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, December 2006, supplement, International Journal of Obesity; July 3, 2007, Annals of Internal Medicine
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