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From Forbes:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/forbes/P114424.asp

"Last year, we spent an estimated $46 billion on diet
products and self-help books.

Much of that money is wasted. Indeed, a government
review found that two-thirds of American dieters
regained all the weight they had lost within a year,
and 97% had gained it all back within five years."

The article goes on to list the weekly cost of 10 popular diet plans.

For a moment I did a double take and thought the
bottom entry read "Nos diet." No such luck. But it
might as well, as far as the cost is concerned (though
nos would presumably cost even less, since you'd be
eating regular food, just less of it). Hope you
converts from other systems are enjoying your extra 15
to 80 dollars a week!

Reinhard