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Within both the Healthy Low-Fat (HLF) and Healthy Low-Carbohydrate (HLC) diet arms, the 12-month decrease in BMI was significantly greater for those in the High Quality/High Adherence subgroups compared to the Low Quality/Low Adherence subgroups.
Practitioners should emphasize the importance of both dietary quality and adherence for effective weight loss.
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Within both the HLF and HLC diet arms, the 12-month decrease in BMI was significantly greater for those in the High Quality/High Adherence subgroups relative to the Low Quality/Low Adherence subgroups.
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Based on the randomized controlled trial design mentioned in the abstract.
Source
Abstract P214: Dietary Adherence and Dietary Quality Are Associated With Weight Loss Success Among Those Following Low-fat and Low-carbohydrate Diets
Michelle E. Hauser et al. · Circulation · 2018
rct · n=609Cited 1×
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