Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society
Online ISSN : 1881-588X
Print ISSN : 0021-437X
ISSN-L : 0021-437X
New Trial in Diet Therapy for Weight Reduction in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Naoko EnosawaMinoru InoueTsutomu SatoFumiko OtsukaKanemi AokiYasuyoshi TakahashiRyu TakahashiShotaro SatoYuji MasudaMatsuo TaniyamaSeiji Suzuki
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2004 Volume 47 Issue 8 Pages 635-641

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In diet therapy for weight reduction in obesity, an issue is adaptive phenomenon (AP) in which weight loss stops. We evaluated avoiding such AP in obese type 2 diabetic patients. Patients who could be admitted for 8 weeks were put on low calorie diets (LCDs) of 1, 000 kcal/day for men and 800kcal/day for women. To avoid AP, LCDs were switched to standard diets (35kcal/kg standard body weight) for 1 week, then LCDs were started again (Group A, n=15). As a control for the age-matched group, LCDs were continued for 8 weeks despite AP (Group B, n=14). In Group A, all patients avoid AP and continued to lose weight. At 8 weeks after the start of treatment, 12.3±2.5% weight loss was noted. In Group B, the rate of decrease in body weight was 8.8±2.7%. Our method in which energy intake was increased for a short period followed by a return to LCDs was useful for avoiding AP and enhancing weight loss during the same period.
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