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Amanda Spake's article entitled "Stop Dieting" echoes much of the philosophy of Jeff's program.

If your waiting in a checkout line this week pick up the latest issue of U.S. News & World Report, January 16, 2006, and read Amanda Spake's four page report in the Health & Medicine column of the magazine. Spake reviews the scientific literature, and interviews top scientists, debunking the myths of dieting for weight loss. The message of the article is in support of a healthy diet, fill with unprocessed foods, low-fat choices, and fruits & vegetables combined with exercise. The take home message: exercise and eat for health rather than diet for weight loss. The article covers topics from studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which looked at obesity and mortality - finding that overweight but not obese individuals actually live longer than normal weight individuals; disease - finding that diet and exercise lowers disease risk as much as weight loss; and comparisons of diets (including the Atkins, Ornish, Zone, and Weight Watchers) - finding little difference in weight loss between diets. There is coverage and analysis of the Women's Health Initiative study which supports previous research that found most diets don't work for long term weight loss; and interviews from researchers professing the virtues of activity and the root cause of obesity in our society coming as much from inactivity as from large portion sizes. While not all the answers are given the article is a clear and concise read and will get you thinking about whether you want to eat for health or for weight loss. Eating for health may not be as attractive or profitable as dieting since it is not a quick fix nor profitable for the $30+ billion a year weight loss industry but it will enhance your life and reduce the likelihood of degenerative disease. For more, check out pages 61 to 66 of the magazine, along with future posts within the FOYP. 10 application/xml false Amanda Spake Atkins Journal of the American Medical Association Ornish U.S. News & World Report weight loss Weight Watcher's Women's Health Initiative Zone Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) 68.4.244.32 68.4.244.32 DrEric false true false false true 205857 false false true false false false true 104505 blog blogsite/SeniorSafety/web