Women were randomly assigned to
their usual diet group or a low fat diet.
Not exact matches
Instead of cutting major food
groups out of your
diet, try to find ways to cut out about 500 calories or so from your
usual eating patterns.
Both were on a high - protein
diet and exercising as
usual, and after four weeks, the
group eating the least number of calories lost 4 pounds of fat and little muscle, while the
group in the 300 - calorie deficit lost only a little fat and muscle.
Against the comparison
group that followed their
usual diet, there was an initial weight loss, followed by the now familiar weight plateau and then eventual regain.
In a prospective, randomized, controlled trial with a low fat and a low fat plus high Dietary Fiber
groups, the
group consuming high Dietary Fiber exhibited a greater average reduction (13 percent) in serum total cholesterol concentration than the low fat (9 percent) and the
usual diet (7 percent)
groups (Anderson et al., 1992a).
Children were randomized to either a behavioral
diet intervention to promote a
diet lower in saturated fat or a
usual care control
group.
The other half of the
group was instructed to continue on their unhealthy
diet as
usual but was required to attend social support sessions (to reduce the possible variable of social interaction).