these studies, of course, serve only to confirm what we already knew. Caloric reduction doesn’t cause lasting weight loss. Anybody who has ever tried it can tell you. Many people tell me, “I don’t understand. I eat less. I exercise more. But I can’t seem to lose any weight.” I understand perfectly—because this advice has been proven to fail. Do caloric-reduction diets work? No. The Women’s Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial was the biggest, baddest, most kick-ass study of the Eat Less, Move More strategy that has ever been or ever will be done—and it was a resounding repudiation of
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