Research
Metabolic adaptation
Obesity and diabetes require a focus on diet quality and its determinants.
Policy and research should prioritize diet quality over calorie counting.
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to successfully address obesity and diabetes, researchers and policy makers have to better understand how weight gain in the long term is modulated and to change the focus of research and public policy from one based on counting calories to one based on diet quality.
Why this rating
The claim is based on a review of existing literature.
Source
Foods, obesity, and diabetes—are all calories created equal?
Dariush Mozaffarian · Nutrition Reviews · 2017
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