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Caloric restriction does not cause increased eating disorder symptoms in overweight adults.
Practitioners can consider caloric restriction as a safe approach without increasing eating disorder symptoms.
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These results did not support the hypothesis that caloric restriction causes increased eating disorder symptoms in overweight adults.
Why this rating
Based on the randomized controlled trial design.
Source
Is caloric restriction associated with development of eating-disorder symptoms? Results from the CALERIE trial.
Donald A. Williamson et al. · Health Psychology · 2008
DOI 10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.s32
rct · n=48Cited 56×
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