Is South Beach Diet Better Than Atkins or Other Diets?

Battle of the Diet Plans

By Naomi Barr
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the February 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Three studies try to establish, once and for all, the best way to drop pounds. Naomi Barr has the results.

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