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Fad diets lead to weight loss failure

“Fad diets are extremely restrictive, requiring a large reduction in calories, and they remove healthy foods from the diet,” said Ellen Bauersfeld, a registered dietician with the Klotz Health Center at CSUN.

Healthy Living: Picking the right diet for you

With all of the fad diets out there, picking the right diet for you can be tough. In this edition of "Healthy Living," YNN's Marcie Fraser talks to a doctor about fad diets and what works and doesn't work when trying to lose weight.

Heather Bauer, RD, CDN: Fad Dieting: It's a Don't, and Here's Why

What do Kate Middleton, Victoria Beckham and Kourtney Kardashian have in common? A nasty three-letter word. Can't figure it out? It's F-A-D. As in fad diet.

Weight of the world

Calories & Corsets A History of Dieting Over 2,000 Years by Louise Foxcroft Profile Books Even cavemen could have afforded to lose a few. Obesity can be traced back to the paleolithic era, as man evolved from hunter-gatherers to agricultural settlers 12,000 years ago and diets adapted from animals...

Healthy Helpings: Lose weight with lifestyle changes

Trim down without the fad diet approach with these suggestions.