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Dr Susan Roberts awarded the 2016 W.O. Atwater Lectureship

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....

Biggest Losers are not Best Losers

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...

What is Healthy Weight Loss?

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...

Dieting Beyond the Calorie

Jan 29, 2016 | Diet Tips, Fiber, In the Media, insoluble fiber, Research, soluble fiber, Weight Loss

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 strategy. Most people think of the calorie as an absolute measurement,...

Food Shaming is Not Helpful

Aug 13, 2015 | Diet Tips, Groups, In the Media, Research, Weight Loss

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 who are eating carefully because they are...

The Skinny on Fat, Part 1: Moderation is Sexy

Jul 10, 2015 | Diet Tips, Fiber, In the Media, Weight Loss

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 a weight regulation expert. The article also talked...