date:May 15, 2013
A study published in the Journal of Obesity shows that people who eat a diet of portion-controlled packaged foods may lose more weight than those who only get nutritional advice.
The diet the researchers studied was the Medifast 5 1 Plan. It consists of five pre-packaged meals each day, along with one meal of vegetables and protein prepared by the dieter. Dieters can pick from 70 different packaged foods to create five meals totaling about 1,000 calories a day. People on the plan can also purc