As some diets can threaten our
health, U.S. News evaluated and ranked the 41 diets with
input from a panel of health experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food
psychology, diabetes and heart disease. They rated each diet in seven
categories: how easy it is to follow, its ability to produce short-term and
long-term weight loss, its nutritional completeness, its safety and its
potential for preventing and managing diabetes and heart disease.
To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease. The selected “2019 Best Diets Overall” combine panelists' ratings in all seven categories. All categories were not equally weighted. Short-term and long-term weight loss were combined, with long-term ratings getting twice the weight because losing as little as 5 percent of body weight can dramatically reduce the risk of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. And safety was double-counted, because no diet should be dangerous.
As a result, the Mediterranean diet took the top spot while the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet came in second.
To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease. The selected “2019 Best Diets Overall” combine panelists' ratings in all seven categories. All categories were not equally weighted. Short-term and long-term weight loss were combined, with long-term ratings getting twice the weight because losing as little as 5 percent of body weight can dramatically reduce the risk of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. And safety was double-counted, because no diet should be dangerous.
As a result, the Mediterranean diet took the top spot while the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet came in second.
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