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  1. Which Diet Is Right for Me?
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Resources for This Diet

Official Weight Watchers website: www.weightwatchers.com

Weight Watcher's New Complete Cookbook and Program Basics by Nancy Gagliardi (Editor). New York; Hungry Minds, Inc., 1998.

Weight Watchers The Fit Factor: How Getting Strong Can Help You Lose Weight by Weight Watchers. New York; IDG Books Worldwide, 2000.

Weight Watchers Coach Approach: How to Motivate the Thin You by Weight Watchers. Hoboken, NJ; John Wiley & Sons, 2003.

Bibliography

Dansinger, M.L., Gleason, J. L., Griffith, J.L., et al. “One Year Effectiveness of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone Diets in Decreasing Body Weight and Heart Disease Risk.” Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions; 2003, November 12; Orlando, FL.

Freedman MR, King J, Kennedy E. Popular diets: a scientific review. Obes Res 2001;9 Suppl 1:1S–40S [review].

Jackson, R. Commercial weight-loss programs. Health Care Food Nutr Focus 2004;21:8–9, 11.

Lowe MR, Miller-Kovach K, Phelan S. Weight-loss maintenance in overweight individuals one to five years following successful completion of a commercial weight loss program. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2001;25:325–31.

Lowe MR, Miller-Kovach K, Frye N, Phelan S. An initial evaluation of a commercial weight loss program: short-term effects on weight, eating behavior, and mood. Obes Res 1999;7:51–9.

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