The findings have been published in the US News and World Report’s 2020 rankings of the best diets. A certified panel of nutritionists and medical specialists involved in the field of diabetes, weight management, cardiac health compared a list of 35 popular and most followed diet plans, which included trendy and fad diet programs which made news on the internet.

The panel decided the rankings by marking the diets on seven categories, where they were ranked on a scale of 1-5. The parameters included nutritional profile, easiness to follow, sustainability for both short term and long term weight loss, safety, side effects, and health benefits (if they could help prevent or treat risk factors like diabetes, heart diseases, etc.)