Dieting women lost an average of 15.4 pounds according to a review of seventeen studies that lasted at least one year involving women only. Read the entire article | Email this article

Dietary counseling plus attending weekly Weight Watchers meetings causes more weight loss than dietary counseling or meetings alone. Women given counseling and attending meetings lost 20.9 pounds after a year compared to 17.6 pounds for those given counseling alone, and 5.9 pounds for those attending meetings alone compared to a weight gain of 2.4 pounds in the control group. Read the entire article | Email this article