Do Food Diaries Really Help with Weight Loss?

Does It Really Help to Keep a Food Diary?

By David L. Katz, MD
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Health expert and O, The Oprah Magazine columnist Dr. David L. Katz explains the benefits of keeping a food diary while you diet.

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