Abstract
Epidemiologic investigations can provide insights to the diet-disease relationship in different populations. Slow but continual intake of small amounts of energy in excess of energy needs leads to obesity. Although experimental obesity in animals eating a low-fat diet is the exception, development of obesity in animals eating high-fat diets is the rule. Subjects who were placed on a low-fat diet lost weight, even when weight loss was not the goal of the study. The intake of carbohydrates as sugar and high fructose corn syrup in beverages may have detrimental health effects, since the compensation for oral intake of calorically sweetened beverages is inadequate. Low-carbohydrate diets appeared to produce more weight loss for the first 6 months but not thereafter.
Keywords: High-Fat Diet, energy balance, Fat consumption, Weight Loss, body mass index
Current Nutrition & Food Science
Title: Epidemics of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders: Are Dietary Fats or Sugars Involved?
Volume: 3 Issue: 2
Author(s): George A. Bray and Barry M. Popkin
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Keywords: High-Fat Diet, energy balance, Fat consumption, Weight Loss, body mass index
Abstract: Epidemiologic investigations can provide insights to the diet-disease relationship in different populations. Slow but continual intake of small amounts of energy in excess of energy needs leads to obesity. Although experimental obesity in animals eating a low-fat diet is the exception, development of obesity in animals eating high-fat diets is the rule. Subjects who were placed on a low-fat diet lost weight, even when weight loss was not the goal of the study. The intake of carbohydrates as sugar and high fructose corn syrup in beverages may have detrimental health effects, since the compensation for oral intake of calorically sweetened beverages is inadequate. Low-carbohydrate diets appeared to produce more weight loss for the first 6 months but not thereafter.
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Bray A. George and Popkin M. Barry, Epidemics of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders: Are Dietary Fats or Sugars Involved?, Current Nutrition & Food Science 2007; 3 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340107780598654
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340107780598654 |
Print ISSN 1573-4013 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3881 |
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