Year-long weight loss treatment for obese patients with type II diabetes: does including an intermittent very-low-calorie diet improve outcome?
RR Wing, E Blair, M Marcus, LH Epstein…�- The American journal of�…, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract purpose: To evaluate a year-long behavioral weight control program, used with and
without an intermittent very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) in the treatment of type II diabetes
mellitus. patients and methods: Subjects (n= 93) were randomly assigned to 50-week
treatment programs that used either a balanced low-calorie diet (LCD) of 1,000 to 1,200
kilocalories (kcal) per day throughout or included 2 12-week periods of a VLCD of 400 to
500 kcal per day alternating with the balanced LCD. Weight, glycemic control, blood�…
without an intermittent very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) in the treatment of type II diabetes
mellitus. patients and methods: Subjects (n= 93) were randomly assigned to 50-week
treatment programs that used either a balanced low-calorie diet (LCD) of 1,000 to 1,200
kilocalories (kcal) per day throughout or included 2 12-week periods of a VLCD of 400 to
500 kcal per day alternating with the balanced LCD. Weight, glycemic control, blood�…