George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD

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Physician's guide to the new 2005 dietary guidelines: How best to counsel patients

Author:: George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD

Publish date: July 1, 2005

Health care providers can become agents of change and give patients practical suggestions for taking in fewer calories, being more physically activ...

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Making good decisions about diet: Weight loss is not weight maintenance

Author:: George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD

Publish date: November 1, 2002

Lack of long-term data on very-low-carbohydrate diets makes their medically unsupervised use very troubling.

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Physician's guide to popular low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets

Author:: George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD

Publish date: September 1, 2001

These diets can take pounds off fast but usually fail in the long term and can jeopardize health.