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HEALTH/ FITNESS
SIZING UP THE POPULAR DIET PLANS
June 30, 2003
Stories by JIM RITTER

Among leading weight-loss programs, Weight Watchers is the best and the
Atkins diet is the worst, registered dietitians said in response to
a Chicago Sun-Times survey.
Dietitians who specialize in weight management gave Weight Watchers an
average total score of 20.4, of a possible 25. Among the seven programs
rated, Atkins finished last, with 7.9 points. The lowest possible score
was 5.

The knock on Atkins
Diet books by the late Robert Atkins have sold more than 15 million
copies. The Atkins diet restricts carbohydrates, such as bread,
potatoes,
pasta, rice and cereals, while allowing high-fat and high-protein foods
such as pork chops and ham-and-cheese omelets. The idea is to lose
weight
without feeling hungry.
But dietitians said Atkins doesn't provide a balanced diet and is
difficult to maintain.
"I have not seen one long-term success story with Atkins in 25 years of
experience," one dietitian wrote. "Many report short-term successes,
but,
when you look at their weight one year, two years or five years later,
most often they have kept off none or regained more than the initial
weight."
Other dietitians offered scathing comments on Atkins: "Any diet that
restricts fruits, vegetables and whole grains is dangerous because
these
foods protect against many diseases ... goes against all of our current
dietary recommendations ... throws years of solid research out the
window
... terrible!"
KEEPING IT OFF
For every five people who lose weight, at least four gain it all back.
"We focus on losing weight and don't focus on keeping it off," said
James
Hill of the University of Colorado. "We're focusing on the wrong part."
Hill has studied 4,000 people on the National Weight Control Registry
who
beat the odds by losing at least 30 pounds and keeping it off for at
least
one year. Average weight loss: 67 pounds.
Most registry members do four things to keep the weight off:
*Eat breakfast. Seventy-eight percent do that every day, which helps
ease
hunger later in the day.
*Keep to a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
Registry members report they
get just 24 percent of their calories from fat.
The actual percentage
might be higher; people tend to underestimate fat consumption. But the
figure almost certainly is lower than the 30 percent maximum in
government
dietary guidelines. Americans average 33 percent.

Barbara French, who has kept off more than 100 pounds for nearly 10 years,
shows how it's done. She usually eats breakfast, typically Kellogg's
Wheat
Bran.
"It helps get me through the day," French said. "I'm not hungry, so I'm
not focusing on the next meal."
She avoids high-fat foods. Though her husband and two teenage sons are
supportive, the boys grumble there's never cake or cookies to eat.
French spends at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week walking,
peddling a stationary bike and doing floor exercises such as situps.
She
weighs herself two or three times a week. If she gains two or three
pounds, she becomes extra-vigilant, recording all she eats in a food
diary.
French, a first-grade teacher, weighed 311 pounds when she attended her
first meeting of Take Off Pounds Sensibly on June 12, 1992. "They're my
extended family," she said. "When you gain weight and are feeling
discouraged, they support you and say, 'Next week, you'll do better.' "
If she didn't know how many calories a food had, she'd avoid it. She
gave
up pizza and fried food, and satisfied cravings for junk food with tiny
portions--a bite-size Nestle Crunch rather than a whole candy bar. And
she
wouldn't go to bed until she exercised.
It took 1-1/2 years to lose 100 pounds. She now weighs about 200, hopes
to
drop to 175 and still goes to weekly TOPS meetings in Hickory
Hills. "I'm
leader of the chapter," she said. "I don't want to let them down."
If you've lost weight, qualify for the registry and would like to join,
call [phone].