THE Atkins and Slim-Fast diets have been rated among the least effective in a study of British weight-obsessed women.
Those polled voted WeightWatchers’ plan the most successful way to shed pounds.

The Cabbage Soup diet was regarded as the biggest flop, while Atkins – a high protein/fat, low carbohydrate diet – was branded “useless”.

The research, carried out by Superdrug, revealed that the average female spends 88 DAYS a year dieting.

In the survey, more than half preferred diets which left them feeling full after a meal, and 43 per cent chose those which were a slight compromise on their existing eating plan.

Forty-one per cent tried to lose weight whenever their favourite clothes did not fit. Four in ten slimmed down just before a holiday and 14 per cent tried to eat more healthy after a big weekend of eating and drinking.

Superdrug’s superintendent pharmacist Martin Crisp said: “Everyone is different, but the fact that the majority of girls we polled agree on a sensible approach to weight loss was very telling.

“Women recognise that those which restrict the intake of certain food groups have a negative effect in the long run.

“Indeed, women favour diets which allow them to have a little bit of everything – still eating foods they enjoy like chocolate and bread, but eating less than usual.”

TOPS: 1 WeightWatchers; 2 Calorie Counting; 3 Slimming World; 4 Rosemary Conley. 5 Kellogg’s Special K.

FLOPS: 1 Cabbage Soup; 2 Atkins; 3 Grapefruit; 4 Slim-Fast; 5 Coconut

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