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Nearly two-thirds of Australian adults are overweight or obese. It is little wonder that 1 in 3 people go on a diet every year. We explore three popular weight-loss diets: Paleo, Atkins and the "Low Carb, High Fat" diet, and examine what they mean for the over fifties age group. Amy Chien Yu-Wang has more.


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Nearly two-thirds of Australian adults are overweight or obese. It is little wonder that 1 in 3 people go on a diet every year. We explore three popular weight-loss diets: Paleo, Atkins and the "Low Carb, High Fat" diet, and examine what they mean for the over fifties age group. Amy Chien Yu-Wang has more.



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