Alternate-day fasting effective weight loss strategy for obese adults, claims study
Written By : Dr Satabdi Saha
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-09-09 11:30 GMT | Update On 2020-09-09 11:30 GMT
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A current study suggests that alternate-day fasting (ADF) effectively lowers body mass index (BMI), body weight ( BW), and total cholesterol in adults with overweight within 6 months when compared to the controls.
The findings of the study have been published in Metabolism.
The imbalance between energy intake and expenditure is the underlying cause of obesity and overweight. Therefore, obesity and overweight can be prevented by decreasing the dietary energy intake of fat and carbohydrates and increasing the energy expenditure with regular physical activity.
Intermittent fasting (IF), such as reducing the number of meals, limiting the duration of food intake, or alternate-day fasting (ADF), in which dieters eat 25% of their daily energy requirements or fast one day and then eat ad libitum the next day lasting every other day, has recently emerged as a new method of decreasing energy intake.
Recently, Jihyun Park and team, at the Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea, performed a systematic review and meta-analysis that included recent RCTs to evaluate the effects of ADF on obesity-related factors.
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