(They dropped between 9 and 22 lb total and kept it off for a year.)
One review looked at five trials on overweight and obese people and found that after one year, those who followed a Mediterranean diet lost as much as 11 pounds (lb) more than low-fat eaters.
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(They dropped between 9 and 22 lb total and kept it off for a year.) But that same study found similar weight loss in other diets, like low-carb diets and the American Diabetes Association diet. The results suggest that “there is no ideal diet for achieving sustained weight loss in overweight or obese individuals.”