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Fad Diets Don't Promote Fruits and Veggies...

Posted on September 04, 2008

New research by Royal Children's Hospital in Australia claims fad diets like Slim Fast, Weight Watchers, Atkins and the Eat Yourself Slim Diet do little to increase people s intake of fruits and vegetables. Wow, what a shocker!The study's in Biomed Central's Nutrition Journal. Reuters reports:There was no significant difference between the diets in how much weight people lost, Helen Truby of Royal Children's Hospital in Australia and her British colleagues reported in Biomed Central's Nutrition Journal. Health professionals and those working in community and public health should be re...

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