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Instructing persons to follow a low-fat diet promotes loss of body weight and body fat under ad libitum feeding conditions.
Practitioners may recommend low-fat diets for weight loss in unrestricted eating conditions.
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But under ad libitum feeding conditions, instructing persons to follow a low-fat diet promotes loss of body weight and body fat.
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Is Dietary Fat “Fattening”? A Comprehensive Research Synthesis
James M. Shikany et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · 2010
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