When such institutions such as the Harvard School of Public Health and UCLA publish studies into anything to do with diets or weight loss, it makes good sense to take note of what they are saying.
One of the most recent studies into diets has just been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study looked into a whole range of diets from low carb to protein to low fat and found that regardless of the type of diet, the results were very much the same.
The weight loss that was achieved was moderate and, as with every diet, the weight came back again - surprise, surprise! The fact that the dieters couldn't keep the weight off bothered the experts involved in the study, as well it might.
What is clear is that diets are not the answer to the obesity crisis.
They don't deliver long-term weight loss.
They provide limited short-term weight loss.
The dieters on the study had some interesting comments chief amongst them was the lack of a support structure in diet plans.
Where support was given, the weight reduction was much greater.
At the beginning of the study most of the dieters were totally unaware of the amount of calories they were eating and paid little or no attention to portion control.
Diets could only be tolerated for a limited time.
Very little, if anything, could be carried forward to life beyond the diet to help maintain weight loss.
So, what to make of all this? The fact that diets don't deliver permanent weight loss is well known, but this is yet further evidence.
The fact that the lack of structure and support is very interesting and emphasises the importance of choosing a program that can deliver both.
Does such a program exist? Actually it does.
The Slim Habit is such a program.
It provides both structure and support and teaches you how to take control of what you eat and your lifestyle too.
The only way to achieve permanent weight loss is to make change.
For successful change to take place you need both structure and support, and that is what the Slim Habit provides.
Change comes about by learning new habits, slim habits.
By learning these new eating and lifestyle habits you can make and maintain the necessary changes in your life that will lead to permanent weight loss.
The Slim Habit is the application of common sense and represents a new way forward in the battle against obesity.