A journal article published today examines the long-term impacts
of small but significant lifestyle changes—especially to diet In
a new report published today in The New England Journal of
Medicine, a team of Harvard researchers has revealed the results
of a study of 120,877 people showing that small changes in
lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, sleep duration,
and TV-watching are strongly correlated with long-term weight
gain. But the most important factor was diet—and among the
report's most intriguing findings is precisely how much weight
gain (or loss) can be attributed to consuming an additional
daily serving of a variety of specific foods over a four-year
period. The following 10 foods were found to be especially
correlated with long-term changes in weight (the first five
foods promoting weight gain, the second five promoting weight
loss): How much did each food affect weight over a four-year
period? Here's a chart that sums up the findings (with each bar
indicating the total pounds gained o