Intermittent fasting diets have become very popular in the past few years, as they can
produce clinically significant weight loss. These diets can be defined, in the simplest of …

Restricting the intake of calories has been practiced as a method for increasing both the
length and quality of life for over 500years. Experimental work confirming the success of this …

Background: Although dietary recommendations have focused on restricting saturated fat
(SF) consumption to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, evidence from prospective …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is established as the combination of central obesity and different
metabolic disturbances, such as insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia. This …

Optimizing dietary protein intake to improve health requires a detailed consideration of
topics including muscle protein anabolism, appetite control and satiety. Although each area …

It has been hypothesized that eating small, frequent meals enhances fat loss and helps to
achieve better weight maintenance. Several observational studies lend support to this …

Diets for the prevention and treatment of obesity are often informed by theories about food
characteristics believed to support spontaneous reductions in ad libitum energy intake …

Metabolic adaptations occur with weight loss that result in increased hunger with discordant
simultaneous reductions in energy requirements—producing the so-called energy gap in …

Background: Breakfast skipping is a common dietary habit practiced among adolescents
and is strongly associated with obesity. Objective: The objective was to examine whether a …

Objective Unrefined, complex carbohydrates and lean protein diets are used to combat
obesity, although it's unknown whether more frequent meals may improve this response …