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Biggest Losers are not Best Losers
Recent media coverage of a new study of contestants on NBC’s reality television show The Biggest Loser, published in the journal Obesity, raises serious concerns about drawing conclusions from a single study of 14 individuals, no matter how dramatic the…
What is Healthy Weight Loss?
Here at iDiet, we use phrases such as "healthy weight loss" and "maximum healthy rate" of weight loss. So what does that really mean? Let's dive deeper.
Dieting Beyond the Calorie
Did you know a calorie is not always a calorie once it enters the body? The calorie is a measurement of a unit of energy — the energy contained in food. And it’s at the heart of every weight loss…
Food Shaming is Not Helpful
The recent media attention on “fat-shaming” is fantastic — it is terrible that anyone should be made to feel badly for failing to match an unrealistic standard. Now it is time to give the same support and respect to those…
The Skinny on Fat, Part 1: Moderation is Sexy
Yet another article, this one in the New York Times, weighed in this week on the war over carbs and fats, and appeared to come out strongly favoring high-fat. Here is my take on this issue from my perspective as…
This is Not a Healthy Growth Curve
The most recent CDC numbers are depressing, showing an astronomical 75% of men and 67% of women currently struggling with their weight. Just when we think it can’t get any worse, it does. The figures break out to show nearly…
Dr Roberts answers: How can I boost my low metabolism, and why can’t I lose weight in the places I want? (Part 2 of a series)
Welcome back to the second of a multi-part series discussing common questions about weight control, what you can realistically expect, and the science behind the real answers. Although iDiet is a business, our roots are in research and we are…
Dr Roberts Answers Diet Questions from a Scientific Perspective: Part 1
This is the first of an educational series that talks about some common misperceptions about weight control, what you can realistically expect when you diet, and the science behind the real answers. We have all seen the advertisements. A pound…
Dr. Roberts on a Major Weight Loss Study
The publication Ann. Internal Medicine recently summarized results of commercial weight loss programs (the kind that advertise on TV and in magazines) compared to the options that doctors typically offer and are known to work poorly, such as educational pamphlets, a 3-session…
Dr. Roberts on Bad Diet Supplements in the News
In the headlines this week, we saw an incredible exposure of one small area of the supplement industry published in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis. The backstory to this paper is that a couple of years ago the FDA…