Jul 6, 2016 | Nutrition, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Why (Most) Diets Fail Let’s face it. If the big-name diet plans worked, everyone would already be thin and they’d all be out of business by now. 🙂 Clearly, something isn’t working. The sad fact is, most diets fail, and they can fail you two basic ways: In the short...
Jun 1, 2016 | In the Media, Nutrition, Research, Science
Dr. Susan Roberts, iDiet author, received the W.O. Atwater Lectureship award at the national nutrition conference in San Diego CA. This is an annual award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of nutrition, nominated by her colleagues across the nation....
May 10, 2016 | Exercise, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
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 results may...
Mar 29, 2016 | Diet Tips, Groups, In the Media, Research, Science, 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.The basic, unavoidable principle of weight loss is to reduce calorie intake below the...
Jan 9, 2013 | Diabetes, Nutrition, Science, Uncategorized, Weight Loss
By Susan B. Roberts, PhDWhen I was young, an old friend with heart disease, cancer and impending kidney failure used to tell me “old age isn’t for sissies.” He may have just been quoting Bette Davis, but it’s profoundly true that middle aged and elderly folk with...
Jan 4, 2013 | In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
iDiet Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor Susan Roberts, PhD shares her views on a new study being reported in the popular press this week. What’s the Story?A study published in JAMA this week (Flegal et al. January 2, 2013) reported a meta analysis of 100...