Low-fat, low-calorie and low-carbohydrate diets are all the rage, but a recent survey suggests they won't help you reach your ideal weight.
Approximately one-third of Americans are clinically overweight, and many seem to lack basic weight management skills, jumping instead on the quick-fix diet bandwagon that focuses most of their attention on the kinds of food they're eating. But a new survey, released by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), shows that ignorance of proper portion size is our biggest diet downfall.
To test people's concepts of serving size, a random 1,003 Americans 18 and older were surveyed about their eating habits. Nearly 78% said that eating or avoiding certain types of food was more critical to their diets than eating less food. And fully 26% admitted that the amount of food they are served dictates how much food they consume.
