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The American Journal of Nursing Jun 2006This article examines popular diet plans for weight loss and provides information about their efficacy. Diets covered include: very-low-calorie and low-calorie diets;... (Review)
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This article examines popular diet plans for weight loss and provides information about their efficacy. Diets covered include: very-low-calorie and low-calorie diets; low-fat and very-low-fat diets; moderate-fat, low-calorie diets; and low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets. The importance of portion size and behavioral change is also discussed.
Topics: Caloric Restriction; Choice Behavior; Diet Fads; Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted; Diet, Fat-Restricted; Diet, Reducing; Dietary Proteins; Energy Intake; Energy Metabolism; Exercise; Feeding Behavior; Humans; Internet; Life Style; Menu Planning; Motivation; Nurse's Role; Nutritional Sciences; Registries; United States; Weight Loss
PubMed: 16728847
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200606000-00027 -
The Indian Journal of Medical Research Nov 2018Obesity has now become a huge public health issue not only in the developed world but also in developing countries. In view of the health hazards associated with obesity... (Review)
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Obesity has now become a huge public health issue not only in the developed world but also in developing countries. In view of the health hazards associated with obesity and more importantly for cosmetic reasons, many people, particularly the youth, have started resorting to 'extreme' weight-loss diets to achieve a rapid reduction in weight. These extreme diets are either very low in carbohydrate or very low in fat. Such extreme diets not only make the diet unbalanced but also have safety issues. Moreover, these are not sustainable in the long run. The weight that is lost is regained within a short period of time when people go off these extreme diets. This explains why the popularity of most extreme diets peaks as well as wanes rapidly. Instead of resorting to such extreme diets, correction of obesity is best achieved with balanced, healthy, nutritious diets which are low in calories, combined with adequate physical activity (exercise). Motivational counselling can also help people to initiate weight loss and sustain this weight loss over longer periods of time.
Topics: Caloric Restriction; Diet, Reducing; Energy Intake; Humans; Motivation; Obesity; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 30666989
DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1793_18 -
Revue Medicale de Liege Jan 1953
Topics: Diet; Diet, Reducing; Humans; Obesity
PubMed: 13038192
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The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Aug 1991
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Topics: Diet Fads; Diet, Reducing; Energy Intake; Humans; Obesity; Weight Loss
PubMed: 1749810
DOI: 10.1079/pns19910054 -
British Medical Journal Jul 1949
Topics: Diet, Reducing; Humans; Obesity
PubMed: 18133682
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4617.18 -
British Dental Journal Nov 2003
Topics: Dental Calculus; Diet, Reducing; Humans
PubMed: 14610540
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810680 -
British Dental Journal Mar 2004
Topics: Dental Calculus; Diet, Reducing; Humans
PubMed: 15044971
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811090 -
BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) Jul 2010
Topics: Adult; Diet, Reducing; Female; Humans; Intracranial Pressure; Papilledema; Prospective Studies; Pseudotumor Cerebri
PubMed: 20610513
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2836 -
Journal of Health Psychology May 2015
Topics: Diet; Diet, Reducing; Food; Humans; Obesity
PubMed: 25903234
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315573452 -
Canadian Journal of Physiology and... Dec 1988Rates of whole body amino nitrogen flux were measured in 16 obese adolescents undergoing weight reduction with a high protein low energy diet. The subjects received...
Rates of whole body amino nitrogen flux were measured in 16 obese adolescents undergoing weight reduction with a high protein low energy diet. The subjects received approximately 2.5 g of animal protein per day per kilogram ideal body weight and maintained nitrogen balance throughout the 18 days on the diet. Flux rates were calculated separately from the cumulative excretion of 15N in urinary ammonia and urea following the administration of a single dose of [15N]glycine. The pattern of 15N label appearance in urinary ammonia and urea nitrogen was followed for 72 h after the administration of [15N]glycine. Significant amounts of label continued to be excreted in both urinary ammonia and nitrogen for 36-48 h after label administration. The weight-reducing diet accelerated 15N cumulative excretion in urinary urea, but not in ammonia nitrogen compared with the control diet. Whole body nitrogen flux rates increased rapidly and significantly on the diet. Using the urea end product, this increase was evident on the 4th diet day, but not by the 7th or subsequent days. On the other hand, using the ammonia end product, flux rate increased markedly (p less than 0.0001) and remained elevated throughout the whole study. Our results demonstrate adaptive changes in whole body amino-nitrogen metabolism in response to the reducing diet. Different patterns of change are seen depending upon whether an ammonia or a urea end product is used. Our data thus add to the evidence for compartmentation of the body's amino-nitrogen pools.
Topics: Adaptation, Physiological; Adolescent; Child; Diet, Reducing; Humans; Nitrogen; Obesity
PubMed: 3228782
DOI: 10.1139/y88-240