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The only thing anyone needs to do to lose weight, and thus improve health markers, is to follow a calorie deficit diet. According to the Am erican Journal of Clinical Nutrition , a calorie is a calorie regardless of where it comes from. As long as someone eats fewer calories than they burn, excess energy stored in the body, such as in fat, will be spent and they will lose weight. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans held a different position. The guidelines had a section on how sugar and saturated fats are obesogenic or tend to cause obesity. "Since it wasn't put in context, that could be interpreted that it doesn't matter how many calories you eat, but the type of food where that fuel comes from, that is what's most important in the obesity prevalence data," said Mark Haub, a nutrition and dietetics professor at Kansas State University (KSU). "So I thought 'That's i...