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Dietary Interventions for Weight Loss and Maintenance: Preference or Genetic Personalization?

  • 01-12-2013
  • Diabetes and Obesity (A Sánchez-Villegas, Section Editor)
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Abstract

Obesity and related co-morbidities are major health problems throughout the world. Dietary interventions are the most common strategies employed for weight loss in overweight and obese individuals. A large body of evidence has shown that many diets varying in quantity and quality of macronutrients are effective in promoting weight loss, but there is still extensive debate about what types of diet are most effective for treating overweight and obesity. Likewise, long-term weight loss and maintenance are difficult for overweight and obese people. On the other hand, significant inter-individual variation in weight loss in response to dietary composition has long been noted, partly accounted for by an individual’s genetic makeup. Identification of gene–diet interactions in weight loss may provide useful information for the development of personalized approaches to weight loss. This review summarizes dietary intervention studies for weight loss and maintenance, and recent studies of gene–diet interaction with regard to weight loss.
Title
Dietary Interventions for Weight Loss and Maintenance: Preference or Genetic Personalization?
Authors
Hongyu Wu
Judith Wylie-Rosett
Qibin Qi
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Nutrition Reports / Issue 4/2013
Electronic ISSN: 2161-3311
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-013-0061-3
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