Danish researchers finally solve the obesity riddle

[brikis98]

Danish researchers finally solve the obesity riddle

Researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, can now unveil the results of the world's largest diet study: If you want to lose weight, you should maintain a diet that is high in proteins with more lean meat, low-fat dairy products and beans and fewer finely refined starch calories such as white bread and white rice. With this diet, you can also eat until you are full without counting calories and without gaining weight.

Needless to say, the headline of the article is exaggerated, but the results sound interesting. Thoughts? Anyone have access to the full text of the study?

 

[KoolDrew]

I don't have access to the full text, but the results aren't surprising at all and past research has shown the same thing. Protein is by far the most satiating nutrient and with a much higher TEF than any other nutrient a higher protein intake always wins, in both controlled and uncontrolled calorie settings. When you put people on a high protein diet while also getting rid of more calorie dense sources (refined carbohydrates), they tend to eat less.

 

[norsy]

Do people get obese because they do not know much about what makes a good diet or is it because they simply can't keep their hands and minds off of things they love to eat?

 

[Kipper]

www.diogenes-eu.org/Larsen%20et al Diogenes NEJM online 2010.PDF

Full text for the NEJM article. I was able to access the Pediatrics article.

On first glance having juts a single six-month follow-up is a *bit* of an oversight...most people don't tend to stay on this sort of diet for very long, and six months is not a long time in the world of dieting.

 

[brikis98]

www.diogenes-eu.org/Larsen et al Diogenes NEJM online 2010.PDF

Full text for the NEJM article. I was able to access the Pediatrics article.

Nice, thanks.

On first glance having juts a single six-month follow-up is a *bit* of an oversight...most people don't tend to stay on this sort of diet for very long, and six months is not a long time in the world of dieting.

Yea, that's a bit disappointing. It also looks like they only focused on bodyweight and not body fat percentage. Still, the results can't outright be ignored, and it's another study that makes you shake your head at the "official" dietary recommendations (food pyramid and the like).

 

[Alone]

Are you all being sarcastic or isn't this common knowledge?

 

[Powermoloch]

Common knowledge for many peeps who approach to a healthy living.

 

[eits]

common knowledge, i thought...

 

[Kipper]

Yea, that's a bit disappointing. It also looks like they only focused on bodyweight and not body fat percentage. Still, the results can't outright be ignored, and it's another study that makes you shake your head at the "official" dietary recommendations (food pyramid and the like).

I really fail to see how the dietary guidelines are materially different. Every single diet is just a variation of "eat less of X, eat more of Y." It's really two sides to the same coin. I really have stopped paying attention to diet studies because they don't tell me anything new. It is always an individual thing...whatever is most compatible with how you are used to eating.

If you're able to stick to the diet FOR LIFE, great. But for the people who drop out of studies and are no longer followed, it clearly didn't work and success always entails being able to stick to something permanently. That's the biggest problem with this study. Six months is a blip on the radar. For all we know they all fell off the wagon at month 7 - and in fact, the limited available data we have suggests that weight is usually a lifetime battle for most people.

 

[Whisper]

Do people get obese because they do not know much about what makes a good diet or is it because they simply can't keep their hands and minds off of things they love to eat?

I'd say it's a mix of both. Some overweight individuals have significant difficulty with impulse control and/or eat for reasons other than hunger, while others may try to eat healthy but are woefully unaware of what "healthy" actually means.

 

[Deeko]

Do people get obese because they do not know much about what makes a good diet or is it because they simply can't keep their hands and minds off of things they love to eat?

Some of both. A lot of people are just stubborn. They can't believe that their diet is so bad. Its society's fault. Its McDonald's fault. Its their job and stress's fault. They love the victim mentality card, and aren't willing to go through the work to lose weight themselves.

 

[jon123]

Those elements are important. Restricting calories is also important. This article mentions s that often people eat healthy foods can remain obese as they simply eat too much.

 

[Murloc]

nothing new, anyone who knows something about what he's eating knows that unrefined rice and brown bread are healthier.

 

[Dutchys Fitness]

Yeah, this isn't a diet, its basic common sense. Anyone that takes responsibility for their own actions would be able to stick with this no problem