Low-carb? Low-fat? Study finds calories count more
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_he_me/med_dueling_diets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090225%2Fcapt.3cb181dd8af04e039c2cfde442e8ba4f.dueling_diets_malp901.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Debbie Mayer, who was part of the clinical trial, poses at her home in Brockton, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Low-fat or low-carb, as long as your diet lowers calories and you stick with it, you can lose weight, finds a federal study that followed people for two years - one of the longest such comparisons. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Low-fat, low-carb or high-protein? The kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that really counts is cutting calories and sticking with it, according to a federal study that followed people for two years. However, participants had trouble staying with a single approach that long and the weight loss was modest for most.</p><br clear="all"/>

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