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The Diets
We Try. Dietary Guidelines. Dieters' Profiles.
by Tanya Zilberter, PhD
Dietary Guidelines. Do people like them? 
Dietary Guidelines
The Diets We Try. Dieters Profiles.
American Dietetic Association's survey:
- Baby boomers accelerate positive attitudes on diet and nutrition
- TV and magazines are most popular sources for nutrition information
- Dieticians and doctors are most valuable sources for nutrition information
- People are taking more care to achieve balanced nutrition and healthy
diet
- Americans believe nutrition and exercise are more important than ever
- Public's awareness of functional foods lags far behind nutrition and
health professionals
- Americans rate whole-grain, low-fat foods as healthiest
- Half of Americans use daily vitamin and mineral supplements
- Most never use herbals
Nutrition and You - Trends 2000:
The survey conducted by the Wheat Foods Council and the American Bakers
Association showed that:
- 82 percent of consumers agree with Department of Agriculture's food
guide pyramid
- 52 percent of consumers had dieted to lose weight
- 40 percent of them tried a high-protein, low-carb diet
- 40 percent of them gained some weight back after going off-diet
- 15 percent of those who had followed the Food Guide Pyramid gained
back weight
It doesn't say, however, what percent of those who had followed the Food
Guide Pyramid lost weight.
What diet did you try?
Being a guide for weight loss with About.com, I collected 224 replies to
the question. These are what weight loss community members tried:
- Atkins or another Low-carb 85
votes (38%)
- Low-fat 36 votes (16%)
- Vegetarian 12 votes (5%)
- Calorie counting 38 votes (17%)
- Other 53 votes (24%)
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