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Don't Rely on Diet to Prevent Weight Regain
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The findings weren't all that surprising, experts said.
"We know that most dieters have some weight regain despite the type of diet they may have been on," said Lona Sandon, an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. "The trick to preventing weight regain seems to be more in increasing exercise rather than diet strategies."
Until more research is in on the best "maintenance" diet, "the important message is the calorie message," said Connie Diekman, director of University Nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, and past president of the American Dietetic Association. Dieters should figure out how much they can eat and how much they must exercise to maintain a weight.
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And eating the right breakfast might help keep the weight down, according to research published in the same issue of the journal.
In that study, researchers from Queens College of the City University of New York and other facilities collected data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, including more than 12,000 men and women. Their study was partially supported by the Breakfast Research Institute, sponsored by Quaker and Tropicana, which make breakfast foods.
Those who ate breakfast tended to eat healthier foods during the rest of the day. Women -- but not men -- who ate breakfast had a lower body mass index than women who skipped breakfast.
According to Sandon, those findings may be especially good news for women. "For women, simply eating breakfast may help them control body weight and appetite throughout the day," she said.
More information
To learn more about fats, visit the American Dietetic Association.
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Last updated 11/7/2008
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SOURCES: Connie Diekman, M.Ed. R.D., director, university nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.; Lona Sandon, M.Ed. R.D., assistant professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and American Dietetic Association spokesperson; Anette Due, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; November 2008, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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