{"id":3981,"date":"2021-01-25T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietandhealthtoday.com\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:15:25","slug":"men-women-dieting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dietandhealthtoday.com\/2021\/01\/men-women-dieting\/","title":{"rendered":"Men & women & dieting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A study was published in the International Journal of Obesity this month (January 2021). It was called "Examining differences between overweight women and men in 12-month weight loss study comparing healthy low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat diets" (Ref 1). Healthy low-carbohydrate will be abbreviated to HLC and healthy low-fat to HLF throughout this note. \n <\/p>\n

The paper was from a trial that we first looked at almost two years ago in February 2018 (Ref 2). The trial is called DIETFITS. This acronym comes from “Diet Intervention Examining The Factors Interacting with Treatment Success.” The paper we reviewed two years ago looked at the concept of dieting and genotype \u2013 was there a right diet for different people? The answer was “no” to that research question, but the trial has been re-examined for another research question. \n <\/p>\n

The objectives of this latest study were two-fold. The first aim was to compare 12-month changes in weight, fat mass, and lean mass between the four groups (men HLC, women HLC, men HLF, women HLF). The second aim was to assess whether or not adherence differed by sex and the diet to which people were assigned. \n <\/p>\n

The study<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

The DIETFITS study started in January 2013. Between that date and April 2015, 609 adults, aged 18 to 50 years (average age 38-40), were enrolled into the trial. The adults had a BMI in the range 28-40 (average BMI 33), but didn’t have other conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease etc. 57% of the participants were women. The final follow-up date was May 2016. \n <\/p>\n

Participants were randomly assigned to a 12-month diet described as healthy low-fat (HLF) or healthy low-carb (HLC). The numbers allocated to each diet group by sex were as follows: HLC women n =179, HLC men n = 125, HLF women n = 167, HLF men n = 138. (By the end of the trial, the numbers in each group were HLC women n =132, HLC men n = 92, HLF women n = 127, HLF men n = 98, meaning that 24%-29% of people did not complete the 12-month trial). Both groups participated in 22 small group sessions during the 12-month study (covering diet and exercise advice, emotional awareness, behavioural modification, cognitive change etc), so the intervention was quite intensive. \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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