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Weight loss
maintenance on ad libitum diets varying in protein content and glycemic index:
first results of the DIOGENES highly-controlled shop-based intervention
Prevention of weight (re)gain is the most important challenge in prevention
and long-term management
of obesity. Dietary factors may contribute to better weight management and
currently two promising factors
appear to be protein content and glycemic index (GI) of the diet.
The diet intervention of Diogenes is a multi-centre randomised trial in families
in 8 different European countries.
Its main objective is to determine the 6 and 12 month effectiveness of ad
libitum diets with varying protein content and glycemic index on weight
maintenance. In 2 of the 8 centres (Maastricht and Copenhagen) a
highly-controlled supermarket set-up was used to provide appropriate foods
during the first 6 months of the trial.
The first results of the Diogenes dietary
intervention study show that an increase in dietary protein content decreases
weight regain after weight loss, whereas there was no effect of glycemic index
on weight change.
The efficacy of these dietary changes in a less-controlled setting will be
assessed in the other 6 Diogenes centres that used dietary instruction only.
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[posted on: August 7, 2008]
Obesity research and the food industries: new
opportunitues for collaboration
The collaboration in health and nutrition between academia and industry needs
constant improvement. In a food industry workshop industry and academia have
discussed how, which scientific research and industry initiatives in health and
nutrition, industry-initiated consumer research and the regulatory framework as
background, the industry can contribute to briefing and outreach of
weight-control science and how academia can contribute to new research areas
relevant to industry goals and consumer needs.
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[posted on: October 31, 2007]
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