Hirsch, J., Hudgins, LC, Leibel, RL, Rosenbaum, M. 1998 Diet composition and energy balance in humans. AJCN 67(suppl)551S-555S.

Dietary composition is not a significant factor in weight maintenance.

Miller, W. 1991 diet composition, energy intake, and nutritional status in relation to obesity in men and women. Med Sci Sports Exer. 23:280-284.

Body fatness is inverstly related to carbohydrate percentage in the diet.

  • Obesity is not necessarily caused by overeating
  • Diet composition may be just as important as diet enerty content in the pormotion or reduction of ob estiy
  • Opeimal weight loss may be a hieved through a combination of reducing dietary fat intake and increasing complex carbohydrate and fiber consumption, with minimal restriciotns in total energy intake.

 

Astrup, A, Toubro, S, Raben, A., Skov A.1997 The role of low fat diets and fat substitutes in body weight management: What have we learned from clinical studies? J Am Diet Assoc 97 (suppl): S82-S87.

Diets low in fat and high in carbyhydrate, even when fed ad libitum, lead to weight loss. These dieta are typically better followed long term than calorie restricted diets.

 

Astrup, A, Raben, A. 1995 Carbohydrate and obesity. Int J Obesity 19 (suppl 5): S27-S37.

A high dietary carbohydrate content may be crucial in preventing weight gain in individual with the genetic predispoition to obestiy, in whom carboydrates may inhibit food intake and stimulate energy ecpenditure. High carbohydrate diets are alos indicated for the treatment of obesity, and in particular for weith maintenance after weight loss