Article: EN Rates Diet Books--Which to Choose, Which to Lose.

Americans are desperate to lose weight. Why else would diet books be a perennial presence on bestseller lists. If your New Year's resolution was--once again--to lose weight, we urge you to ignore the latest quick-fix and get serious about changing your lifestyle for the long run. Here are EN's picks and pans from the current crop of high-profile diet books, along with some low-profile picks we favor. It's not coincidental that all the winning books treat weight loss as a life process, instead of a quick cure.

Losers

SugarBusters! (Ballantine Books, 1998.) This bestseller celebrates high-fat, high-protein, while pointing a finger at sugar and refined ...

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