A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by the international Cochrane Collaboration in 2002 concluded that fat-restricted diets are no better than calorie restricted diets in achieving long term weight loss in overweight or obese people.

A prospective randomized study done in 2002 by Trumble revealed that good clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction are achieved more quickly with the endoscopic method.

In a 2002 database review of randomized trials Edzard Ernst concluded:

The 6-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted between February 2002 and September 2003.

* L. Pitsoulis and M. G. C. Resende ( 2002 ) Greedy randomized adaptive search procedures.

After a series of high-profile guerrilla actions, including the hijacking of an aircraft, the attack on several small towns and cities, the arrest of the Irish Colombia Three ( see below ) and the alleged training of FARC-EP militants in bomb making by them, and the kidnapping of several political figures, Pastrana ended the peace talks on 21 February 2002 and ordered the armed forces to start retaking the FARC-EP controlled zone, beginning at midnight.

All stations are stringently controlled by the government run ZBC ( 2002 )

Under the government of Saddam Hussein, Internet access was tightly controlled and very few people were thought to be online ; in 2002 it was estimated that only 25, 000 Iraqis used the Internet.

The electronically controlled line of ME diesel two-stroke engines was added in 2002 with a maximum cylinder bore of 108 cm.

In 1999, the Carlyle Group obtained a 40 % stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002., Le Figaro is controlled by Serge Dassault, a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel ( 1892 – 1986 ).

In 2002, the Rodeo-Chediski fire was a wildfire that burned in Heber-Overgaard beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7.

The Rodeo – Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7.

Martin's record as Minister of Finance was impressive and he also controlled much of the party machinery by 2002.

In May 2012, The Sunday Times reported how the Prince had received £ 320, 000 ($ 514, 000 ) during a six-year period from 2002 to 2008 into a family business owned by the prince's secretary, from a fund controlled by Berezovsky in which 56 payments of between £ 5, 000 and £ 15, 000 were sent through offshore companies.

In Abela and D ' Alessandro's ( 2002 ) study, they found that the student's negative views about their future strongly controlled the interaction between dysfunctional attitudes and the increase in depressed mood.

From then, the " co-owner " angle culminated in early 2002, when Flair controlled Raw, and McMahon controlled SmackDown !.

When interviewed on election night television by Jeremy Paxman, Hughes suggested that the fall in his vote might reflect the unpopularity of Southwark Council, which has been controlled by the Liberal Democrats since 2002.

Although the AK Party received significantly more votes in 2007 than in 2002, the number of parliamentary seats they controlled decreased due to the rules of the Turkish electoral system.

During the Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), following the departure of the Portuguese, the mine of Cassinga was controlled by UNITA and the coast by the communist government of the MPLA, so no export was possible.

After 3 October 2002 ( except for a brief period on 14 – 16 December 2002 ), the regional capital Baidoa was controlled by Sheikh Aden Madobe and Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade.

The electronically controlled line of ME diesel two-stroke engines was added in 2002 with a maximum cylinder bore of 108 cm.

In 2002 he blamed the environmentalist movement for Australia's severe bushfire problem, saying that their opposition to controlled burning in national parks increased the risk of fires.

In 2002, Granada and Carlton decided to consolidate the separate brandings for the ITV franchises that they controlled, changing the name of the region to ITV Meridian, with the on screen name of ITV1 used before all non-regional programming.

Chiquita was formerly controlled by Cincinnati businessman Carl H. Lindner, Jr., whose majority ownership of the company ended as a result of Chiquita Brands International exiting a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 19, 2002.

Devices for capturing light fields photographically may include a moving handheld camera, a robotically controlled camera ( Levoy, 2002 ), an arc of

* Alexander, FM Man's Supreme Inheritance, Methuen ( London, 1910 ), revised and enlarged ( New York, 1918 ), later editions 1941, 1946, 1957, Mouritz ( UK, 1996 ), reprinted 2002.

Following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, a UK bankruptcy will now normally last no longer than 12 months and may be less, if the Official Receiver files in court a certificate that his investigations are complete.

In 2002 and 2005 a stage show of Bagpuss songs toured UK folk festivals and theatres with original singers Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner, along with Kerr's daughter Nancy Kerr and her husband, James Fagan.

* In 2002, on a UK poll broadcast by the BBC, Chaplin was ranked number 66 on a list of the 100 Greatest Britons.

some foreign ships register in the Cayman Islands as a flag of convenience ; includes ships from 11 countries among which are: Greece 15, US 5, UK 5, Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Norway 3 ( 2002 est.

Illegal immigrants and asylum seekers have attempted to use the tunnel to enter the UK, causing a minor diplomatic disagreement over the siting of the Sangatte refugee camp, which was eventually closed in 2002.

Charles provided the voice-over commentary for the UK version of the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge and Ftn ( 2002 – 2004 ), in which contestants attempted to pass a series of near-impossible physical challenges, to reach the final showdown at the castle and win cash prizes.

Basingstoke, Hampshire UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 ISBN 0-333-97130-2

* 2002 – Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.

UK, 2002.

In the UK ( but applying only to England ), the Road Traffic ( Vehicle Emissions ) ( Fixed Penalty ) Regulations 2002 ( Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1808 ) introduced the concept of a " stationary idling offence ".

Two books have been published with write-ups on some of the winners: The Ig Nobel Prize ( 2002, US paperback ISBN 0-452-28573-9, UK paperback ISBN 0-7528-4261-7 ) and The Ig Nobel Prize 2 ( 2005, US hardcover ISBN 0-525-94912-7, UK hardcover ISBN 0-7528-6461-0 ), which was later retitled The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself ( ISBN 0-452-28772-3 ).

Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, 2002.

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 contains the primary UK anti-money laundering legislation, including provisions requiring businesses within the ' regulated sector ' ( banking, investment, money transmission, certain professions, etc.

The newest implementation of MUMPS, released in April 2002, is an MSM derivative called M21 from the Real Software Company of Rugby, UK.

* The first UK Mars Day, attended by some 200 members of the public took place in 2002.

It was approved for use in the UK in December 2002.

* 2002, 8 Canada Square ( HSBC Group Head Office ), London, UK

* 2002 – 2007, Wembley Stadium, London, UK

Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 2002.

* Peggy Lee, Miss Peggy Lee: An Autobiography, 2002, Bloomsbury ( UK ), ISBN 0-7475-5907-4

She was also featured in Google's Top 10 Women Searches of 2002 and 2003, coming in at # 8, and featured in UK Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sex Symbols in 2007, ranked at # 16.