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Efficacy of a general, nutritionally adequate low‐calorie diet for weight
Author(s) -
De Dennis Susana R. K.,
Mitchell Brian,
Shrago Earl
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198601)5:1<129::aid-eat2260050112>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - calorie , overweight , caloric intake , weight loss , medicine , body weight , low calorie diet , population , zoology , gerontology , obesity , environmental health , endocrinology , biology
Thirty‐five male and fifty‐five female subjects, 10 to 35% overweight, were placed on a 7,200‐ or 7,500‐calorielday diet for twelve weeks. The cumu‐ lative weight loss for males was 20.54 +‐ 8.26 pounds and females 12.86 +‐ 6.99 pounds. A food exchange diet plan using the five basic food groups was well tolerated by all of the subjects and, in fact, the group consensus was that they felt satiated at the lower caloric level. It is concluded that at least for the moderately overweight population a general diet reduced in calories results in as good compliance as nonhazardous special very low‐calorie diets, drug programs, or complex programs of behavioral modification.