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Comparison of a low carbohydrate and low fat diet for weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults enrolled in a clinical weight management program
dc.contributor.author | LeCheminant, James D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gibson, Cheryl A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dullivan, Debra K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, Sandra | |
dc.contributor.author | Washburn, Rik A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vernon, Mary C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Curry, Chelsea | |
dc.contributor.author | Stewart, Elizabeth | |
dc.contributor.author | Westman, Eric C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Donnelly, Joseph E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-10T15:07:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-10T15:07:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-11-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | LeCheminant, James D, Cheryl A. Gibson, Debra K. Sullivan, Sandra Hall, Rik Washburn, Mary C. Vernon, Chelsea Curry, Elizabeth Stewart, Eric C. Westman, Joseph E. Donnelly. 2007. “Comparison of a low carbohydrate and low fat diet for weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults enrolled in a clinical weight management program.” Nutrition Journal 6:36. PMID: 17976244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-36 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13432 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that a low carbohydrate (LC) diet may be equally or more effective for short-term weight loss than a traditional low fat (LF) diet; however, less is known about how they compare for weight maintenance. The purpose of this study was to compare body weight (BW) for participants in a clinical weight management program, consuming a LC or LF weight maintenance diet for 6 months following weight loss. METHODS: Fifty-five (29 low carbohydrate diet; 26 low fat diet) overweight/obese middle-aged adults completed a 9 month weight management program that included instruction for behavior, physical activity (PA), and nutrition. For 3 months all participants consumed an identical liquid diet (2177 kJ/day) followed by 1 month of re-feeding with solid foods either low in carbohydrate or low in fat. For the remaining 5 months, participants were prescribed a meal plan low in dietary carbohydrate (~20%) or fat (~30%). BW and carbohydrate or fat grams were collected at each group meeting. Energy and macronutrient intake were assessed at baseline, 3, 6, and 9 months. RESULTS: The LC group increased BW from 89.2 +/- 14.4 kg at 3 months to 89.3 +/- 16.1 kg at 9 months (P = 0.84). The LF group decreased BW from 86.3 +/- 12.0 kg at 3 months to 86.0 +/- 14.0 kg at 9 months (P = 0.96). BW was not different between groups during weight maintenance (P = 0.87). Fifty-five percent (16/29) and 50% (13/26) of participants for the LC and LF groups, respectively, continued to decrease their body weight during weight maintenance. CONCLUSION: Following a 3 month liquid diet, the LC and LF diet groups were equally effective for BW maintenance over 6 months; however, there was significant variation in weight change within each group. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research has been supported, in part, by Health Management Resources and the Atkins Foundation. | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/17976244/ | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | |
dc.subject | Dietary carbohydrates | |
dc.subject | Dietary fats | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Aged | |
dc.subject | Body Weight/physiology | |
dc.subject | Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted | |
dc.subject | Diet, Fat-Restricted | |
dc.subject | Diet, Reducing | |
dc.subject | Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage | |
dc.subject | Dietary Fats/administration & dosage | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject | Obesity/diet therapy | |
dc.subject | Overweight/diet therapy | |
dc.subject | Treatment Outcome | |
dc.subject | Weight Loss | |
dc.title | Comparison of a low carbohydrate and low fat diet for weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults enrolled in a clinical weight management program | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Donnelly, Joseph E. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Life Span Institute | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1475-2891-6-36 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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