Atkins Diet ?

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Another thing to consider in a successful diet, aside from exercise and meal ingredients, is _quantity_ of food consumed. Atkins' book is good at driving home the point that people in the U.S. tend to eat way more than what they really need. One of the selling features of the low-carb regimen is that most adherents will pay more attention to when they feel full, and will thus not crave food (carbs) simply for purpose of gratuitous snacking. Imagine whole grocery store aisles full of chips, pretzels, sodas, pastries...and for what purpose?!

Another interesting angle on the U.S. overeating and overweight problem can be found in Eric Schlosser's _Fast Food Nation_, though his primary food focus is on fat and chemically "enhanced" products.