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With the improvement of the living standard of the Chinese people, regardless of whether adults or children, obesity rate in our country has been increased year by year. Moreover, obesity is a dangerous factor of many diseases, which seriously endangers people′s health in our country and causes a serious economic burden for society. At present, weight loss methods mainly include the whole way of life management（diet, exercise, behavior intervention), drugs, surgery and so on. Drug therapy and weight loss surgery can be used for severe obesity, but diet, exercise, and cognitive behavioral therapy are the main strategies for lifelong management of obesity. Diet management is the most important part of the whole lifestyle management. This paper reviews the main diet management programs in order to provide reference for clinicians or dietitians to make diet programs for weight loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]