01.01.2009 1:34 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Each year, about 80 million Americans fork over more than $30 billion on programs and products that promise to help them lose weight. In the end, many of those people are as plump or plumper as they were when they started. Sometimes, they’re plumper. So who’s to know what works and what doesn’t? CNN has consulted with a panel of experts and come up with The Top 10 Healthiest Diets in America.


Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt.