Which diet plan is best for you?

From Joe: If you are looking for a diet plan you can follow for the long haul, Meghan Casserly at Forbes.com suggests you should check out the new Consumer Reports evaluation of diet programs:

 When looking to lose weight, there are a number of serious–and not-so-serious–issues to consider: Will the food taste bad? Will I always be hungry? Will I go broke buying into a meal plan? Will it be convenient? Will I still get to eat out with friends? But for most of us, the bottom line is this: Will I be able to lose weight and keep it off?

 This week Consumer Reports released its latest data on the leading diet programs on the market. Jenny Craig, Slim Fast and Weight Watchers take the top three spots by way of an aggregation of hundreds of published studies from the past six years. The measuring sticks for the rankings are nutrition, daily calories, drop-out rates and both short- and long-term weight loss scores from published clinical studies.

[Courtesy of Lifehacker.]