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Portions or ingredients more important for weight loss?

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Question from Lydia: What's more important if you want to keep the weight off — portions or ingredients?: Answer —Diana Dyer, M.S., R.D.: I think they're equal. And again, looking at the whole dietary pattern, which includes ingredients and portion sizes. So I think they both need to be taken into account. But if you're at a party where you don't know the ingredients, you only have control over the portion size.

On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Nutrition Through the Holidays. Diana Dyer, M.S., R.D. and Larissa Korde, M.D., M.P.H. answered your questions about what and how much to eat when holiday treats abound.

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Diana Dyer, M.S., R.D. is a registered dietitian in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a two-time breast cancer survivor.

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