I can't access the full text of the study, but it would be interesting to find out how many calories the participants reduced in their diet by making the change

I can't access the full text of the study, but it would be interesting to find out how many calories the participants reduced in their diet by making the changes outlined. I would imagine most overweight individuals make more bad dietary choices and so simply cutting out added sugars etc reduces their calorie intake significant enough to produce weight loss. Its sort of misleading, even though not counting calories the participants were still likely reducing them...