The influence of diet composition on body weight
Keywords:
obesity, diet, dietary fats, dietary carbohydrates, body weightAbstract
Obesity is considered one of the major problems in public health, it's occuwence arising from different factors. Regarding diet composition, some researchers have shownthat the intake of excessive amounts offood lipids can contribute more to the depelopment and/or maintenance ofobesity than total energy intake. This paper presents a mini-review of the studies alredy done in this area, which provide evidence that the composition of food intake is an Importante factor in controling energy metabolism.
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