Ah, to be an eater in France: the cheese , the baguettes, the wine, the petit fours. In this 2-year trial, we randomly assigned 322 moderately obese subjects (mean age, 52 years; mean body-mass index the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters, 31; male sex, 86%) to one of three diets: low-fat, restricted-calorie; Mediterranean, restricted-calorie; or low-carbohydrate, non-restricted-calorie.
The great thing about these programs? They're stackable. Complete one healthy activity, and you'll earn points from all of the programs you're signed up for. Save yourself a bunch of time by linking your accounts to your fitness device or app of choice, so your activity gets reported automatically. It sure beats having to log into each program;s website to report what you've done.
She felt both terrified and relieved to put away her scale, delete her calorie-counting app, and start to rethink her beliefs around food and health. While most obesity docs insist that restrained eating—counting calories or points or exchanges—is necessary for good health, not everyone agrees. About 10 years ago, Ellyn Satter, a dietitian and therapist in Madison, Wisconsin, developed a concept she calls eating competence, which encourages internal self-regulation about what and how much to eat rather than relying on calorie counts or lists of good" and bad" foods. Competent eaters, says Satter, enjoy food; they're not afraid of it. And there's solid evidence that competent eaters score better on cardiovascular risk markers like total cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides than non-competent eaters.
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