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Nature 433, 794-796 (24 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/433794a; Published online 23 February 2005

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Dietary advice:  Flash in the pan?

Declan Butler & Helen Pearson

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Obesity is the main target in the US government's latest dietary guidelines. But can this advice really make a difference? Nature's reporters sift through the heady mix of politics and science to get a taste of things to come.

"If you follow this diet, you're going to lose weight, you're going to be healthy and you're going to be able to improve your quality of life ... it's scientifically based, but it's also common sense."Another diet guru flogging their snake-oil prescription for the servings of fat, carbohydrate, protein and other nutrients needed to be healthy and slim?

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