A multicentre weight loss study using a low-calorie diet over 8 weeks: regional differences in efficacy across eight European cities

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  • Angeliki Papadaki
  • Manolis Linardakis
  • Maria Plada
  • Thomas Meinert Larsen
  • Marleen A van Baak
  • Anna Karin Lindroos
  • Andreas F H Pfeiffer
  • J Alfredo Martinez
  • Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska
  • Marie Kunešová
  • Claus Holst
  • Wim H M Saris
  • Arne Astrup
  • Anthony Kafatos
  • Diet, Obesity and Genes (DiOGenes) Project
The efficacy of low-calorie diets (LCDs) has not been investigated in large-scale studies or among people from different regions, who are perhaps unaccustomed to such methods of losing weight. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in obesity measures among overweight/obese adults from eight European cities (from Northern, Central and Southern Europe) during the 8-week LCD phase of the DiOGenes study (2006-2007), a family-based, randomised, controlled dietary intervention.
Original languageEnglish
JournalSwiss Medical Weekly
Volume143
Pages (from-to)w13721
Number of pages9
ISSN1424-7860
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2013

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