What We Know About Diet and Weight Loss

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After decades of research, there are shockingly few firm conclusions.
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Here we go again. Another “expert” telling us all about the subject that never seems to go away. Let’s see if this one makes sense.
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What we know
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People vary — a lot — in how they respond to dieting​

There is nothing new in the diet universe.​

Diet studies are insanely difficult.
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Dieting for better health is not necessarily the same as dieting to lose weight.
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What we don’t know​

Why do people have such varying responses to diets?​

Is there a diet that prevents you from regaining lost weight?
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Have sugary foods been making people fat?
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Why have people become fatter in recent decades?​

The author “Writes about science and medicine” so I guess that makes her an expert. Read all of this @ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/health/diet-weight-loss.html
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[Don M.]

The Absolute Best indicator of a person's need to alter their diet/lifestyle, is the "Waist to Height" ratio...IMO. Basically if the Waist measurement is more than half a person's Height, they need to seriously consider some changes in their diet and exercise routines.