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Improvement in dietary quality and adherence may influence weight loss success among those following low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets.
Encourage clients to improve both the quality of their diet and their adherence to dietary plans for better weight loss outcomes.
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The results of this secondary analysis support the importance of the combination of dietary adherence and high-quality diets for weight loss.
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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
DOI 10.1161/circ.137.suppl_1.p214
rct · n=609Cited 1×
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