Dietary Research

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This paper discusses a research study performed by Lissner, Steen and Brownell that examines the popularity of fad diets in "Weight Reduction Diets and Health Promotion" ("The American Journal of Preventive Medicine", Vol. 8, 154-8, 1992.), questioning their viability, safety and effectiveness. The paper examines the increasing problem of obesity worldwide, a main focus of the research study. The methods and strategies used for this research are outlined in the paper.

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"The basic premise of the research was to analyze the mechanisms by which obesity is battled in quotidian society, where the most common-place variety of treatment was the fad diet. Among the most popular of these at the time of their research, nearly fifteen years ago, was the protein diet. The study's authors examined not only the fundamentals of the popular grocery-store, drug-store protein diet, but how it affected the average, sedate adult. For the analysis, they isolated the dietary composition of the average protein diet, which contained 1,000 kcal or less, 50 mg of carbohydrates, and 120g or more of protein. Further study combined this steady intake construction with the average daily exercise of a high-protein diet consuming adult, showing that the patient demographic largely experienced energy restriction, resulting in ketosis."

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