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Mon, May-16-05, 12:35
From: http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/High_Protein_Low_Carbohydrate_Diet_Helps_Reduce_Stomach_Fat.shtml
A study finds that high protein, low carbohydrate diets reduce abdominal obesity or abdominal fat.
In this study, researchers used food frequency questionnaires to assess 617 Canadians of many ethnic origins including Aboriginal, South Asian, Chinese, and European. Abdominal obesity was measured by the waist-to-hip ratio.
It was found that proteins accounted for 17.4 percent of total energy intake for those with the lowest waist-hip ratio, compared to 15.8 percent of energy intake for those with the highest waist-hip ratio.
It was also found that an energy-adjusted protein substituted for an equivalent amount of carbohydrates was inversely associated with the waist-to-hip ratio after adjustment of age, sex, ethnicity, smoking habit, BMI, drinking habit, height, physical activity, and total energy.
There was no association between fat intake or total energy intake with the waist-to-hip ratio.
The study was conducted by researchers from McMaster University and the University of Toronto in Canada and appeared in this month's issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
A study finds that high protein, low carbohydrate diets reduce abdominal obesity or abdominal fat.
In this study, researchers used food frequency questionnaires to assess 617 Canadians of many ethnic origins including Aboriginal, South Asian, Chinese, and European. Abdominal obesity was measured by the waist-to-hip ratio.
It was found that proteins accounted for 17.4 percent of total energy intake for those with the lowest waist-hip ratio, compared to 15.8 percent of energy intake for those with the highest waist-hip ratio.
It was also found that an energy-adjusted protein substituted for an equivalent amount of carbohydrates was inversely associated with the waist-to-hip ratio after adjustment of age, sex, ethnicity, smoking habit, BMI, drinking habit, height, physical activity, and total energy.
There was no association between fat intake or total energy intake with the waist-to-hip ratio.
The study was conducted by researchers from McMaster University and the University of Toronto in Canada and appeared in this month's issue of the Journal of Nutrition.