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Podcast: Why Not to Diet

By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 12, 2012

Rona and I discuss the reasons diets often don’t work—and how they can make us unhappy.

Please check out my podcast with Rona Renner either here on the Greater Good website, or here on iTunes. Happy listening!

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