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Restricting dietary carbohydrates does not offer a metabolic advantage for burning more calories to maintain lost weight.
Diet composition may not significantly impact energy expenditure for weight maintenance.
StrongRefutesmedium confidence
However, analyzing the data according to the original pre-registered statistical plan resulted in no statistically significant effects of diet composition on energy expenditure.
Why this rating
Based on the analysis of data according to a pre-registered statistical plan.
Source
Carbs versus fat: does it really matter for maintaining lost weight?
Kevin D. Hall et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2018
DOI 10.1101/476655
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