Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows that the standard prescription for weight loss is to reduce the number of calories you consume. But a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, may turn that advice on its head. It found that people who cut back on added sugar, refined grains, and highly processed foods while concentrating on eating plenty of vegetables and whole foods — without worrying about counting calories or limiting portion sizes — lost significant amounts of weight over the course of a year.
Counting calories is not the key to weight loss, new study finds
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