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Article: Fad diets do not always provide healthy solution
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- May 10, 2006
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Erica Jeffreys
University Wire
05-10-2006
(The Daily Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Each year, people around the country try whichever new fad diet has become popular, all in an attempt to lose some extra pounds. But experts say there are numerous schemes to try and make unsuspecting victims believe one magical diet will work for them.
According to the Medline Plus Web site, people who can maintain a fad diet for more than a few weeks may lose some weight initially, but questions remain about their ability to keep it off.
Doctors contributing to the Medline Plus site said many people return to their old eating habits, which were responsible for the weight gain in the first place.
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