Fruit and veggie diet

Can a diet rich in fruits and vegetables keep you trim? Nutritionists say so, and now there's data to back them up.

Researchers tracked more than 74,000 women aged 38 to 63 for 12 years. Those who boosted their intake of fruits and vegetables by four servings a day had a 24 percent lower risk of obesity than those who cut their fruits and vegetables by about two servings a day.

What to do: Pack some baby carrots for snacks, start (or end) lunch with wedges of cantaloupe, serve at least two vegetables for dinner, etc. Who can complain about roasted asparagus, broccoli in garlic sauce, or sauteed spinach? International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 5 October 2004; doi:10.1038s/sj.ijo.0802795.

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