Is Your Diet Passe?Rebecca Ruiz, 02.04.09, 04:50 PM EST What the
latest research says about how to diet effectively. When Oprah
Winfrey confessed last month that she'd failed to stick to her
diet and was again tipping the scale at 200-plus pounds,
millions of failed dieters could relate. Their futile efforts
are not for lack of weight loss programs and products that drive
a $58 billion industry, according to market researcher NPD
Group. The abundance of information, however, often leaves
dieters confused about competing claims. That's where science
can help. Over the past few months, new scientific literature
has addressed the usefulness of restrained eating and diet
counseling, as well as the notion that eating is an instinct
beyond our control. The research confirms what most don't want
to accept: dieting requires both restraint and discipline. The
Latest Research Dr. Larry Tucker, a professor of exercise
science in the College of Health and Human Performance at
Brigham Young University, authored a study on