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- Title
A Review of Obesity Treatments: Diets and Medications.
- Authors
Gündüz, Oğuzhan
- Abstract
Objective: In this review the effectiveness of different diet types will be explained and effect of the rate of protein, fat, carbohydrate in diet will be examined. The aim was to examine the effect of reducing fat in a diet. Method: We reviewed the English literature for relationship diet and obesity. In their study Foster et al., examined the effects of a low rate of carbohydrate diet in weight loss and side effects. In their study Howard et al. examined the effects of low fat diet compared to a conventional diet. 19.541 of participants were randomized for the intervention diet -low-fat diet- while 29294 of participants were randomized for the conventional diet. Results: Results showed that in the third month of diet, the weight loss percentage was greater in patients who went on low-carbohydrate diet (6.8%) than patients who went on the conventional diet (2.7%)2. However at the end of 1 year the total weight loss percentage was approximately 3.2% in both diet groups. Patients who went on the low-carbohydrate diet regained weight after 4-5 months. Conclusion: This overall randomized study shows us the diets which contain the reduction of fat intake are efficient for weight loss. Furthermore in the 7 years follow-up the risk of comorbidities in intervention group didn’t show an increase compared with conventional group. By synthesizing these three studies we can say diets which are based on low fat, low carbohydrate and high protein content are better for weight loss.
- Subjects
LOW-fat diet; REDUCING diets; ELEMENTAL diet; LOW-carbohydrate diet; DIET; WEIGHT loss
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2020, Vol 8, pS94
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Article