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Yes, it's true

9% of all USA Today bestsellers are diet books. Yet today the New England Journal of Medicine reports that two years after going on a diet, on average, people weigh more than when they started. USATODAY.com - Our lives are an open book.

Also worth noting: The CliffsNotes of The Scarlet Letter outsells the real book more than three to one.

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