Weighty Matters

When it comes to weight loss, the type of diet a person follows is not as important as counting calories. Researchers assigned 811 people to one of four diets. Each diet had different levels of fat, protein, and carbohydrate. After two years, the people in each group had lost about the same amount of weight. The Associated Press reported on the study Feb. 26, the same day it appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.