If you pigged out over the holidays, you may be in the market for the best diet for the new year.
For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News’ Best Diets 2017 rates the DASH diet, is the best overall diet.
It’s followed by the Mediterranean Diet, the MIND diet, and a four-way tie for fourth place by the Flexitarian Diet, Mayo Clinic Diet, the TLC Diet and Weight Watchers.
The best weight-loss diet is Weight Watchers, followed by Jenny Craig, and the Volumetrics Diet, which was developed by a Penn State professor and nutrition expert.
U.S. News says, to develop the lists, it convened an expert panel of the country’s top nutritionists, dietary consultants and physicians specializing in diabetes, heart health and weight loss.
Through an in-depth survey, each panelist considered the 38 diets across several dimensions, including ease of compliance, likelihood of losing significant weight in the short and long term, and effectiveness against cardiovascular disease and diabetes
U.S. News’ Best Diets 2017 offers rankings of 38 diet plans across nine categories: in addition to the Best Diets Overall, this year’s lists can help people find the Best Weight-Loss Diets, Best Fast Weight-Loss Diets, Easiest Diets to Follow, Best Commercial Diets, Best Diets for Healthy Eating, Best Plant-Based Diets and best diets for conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.