The article did not link to the sources. It doesn't take a lot of factors into account. They did not mention that much of the long term research is based on lo

The article did not link to the sources. It doesn't take a lot of factors into account. They did not mention that much of the long term research is based on low fat diets that were popular some time ago. I suspect much of the research was done in order to prove fad dieting did not work this is important for SoCal and scientific reasons but not really an indication that all hope is lost. It is only recently that we have started doing the basic research to really see what is good for you and it is amazing how many mistaken. More recent studies involving low carb diets are encouraging. There is also encouraging research directly relating the number of servings of fresh fruit and vegetables to mortality. This article is more properly referenced and based on more resent research. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight-full-story/#what_leads_to_weight_loss http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight-f...