Consumer Reports have chosen the “best” diets and diet books. The Volumetrics eating plan was chosen as the best diet, and Bob Greene’s Best Life Diet chosen as the best book.

This has been covered heavily in newspapers, but a closer look at the ratings criteria shows that the results are somewhat dubious.

Diet Ratings (best to worst)
Volumetrics, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, eDiets, The Zone Diet, Ornish Diet and, in last place, the Atkin’s Diet

The Best Diets of 2007