Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2011
Change in food cravings, food preferences, and appetite during a low-carbohydrate and low-fat diet.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.
- Low-carbohydrate versus balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of a Ketogenic Diet on the Nutritional Parameters of Obese Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of total fat intake on body fatness in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Energy-Restricted Diets in Achieving Preoperative Weight Loss for Bariatric Patients: a Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Extended calorie restriction suppresses overall and specific food cravings: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of total fat intake on body weight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- The Personalized Nutrition Study (POINTS): evaluation of a genetically informed weight loss approach, a Randomized Clinical Trial.Nature communications · 2023Trial
- Relationship between Ketones, Ghrelin, and, Appetite on Isocaloric Diets with Varying Carbohydrate Quality and Amount: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in People with Obesity (CARBFUNC).The Journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- The effects of the form of sugar (solid vs. beverage) on body weight and fMRI activation: A randomized controlled pilot study.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Changes in Food Cravings and Eating Behavior after a Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction Intervention Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Change in self-efficacy, eating behaviors and food cravings during two years of calorie restriction in humans without obesity.Appetite · 2019Trial
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- Frequency of Consuming Foods Predicts Changes in Cravings for Those Foods During Weight Loss: The POUNDS Lost Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017Trial
- Genetic Variations of Circulating Adiponectin Levels Modulate Changes in Appetite in Response to Weight-Loss Diets.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2017Trial
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- The effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on appetite: A randomized controlled trial.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2016Trial
- Diet type and changes in food cravings following weight loss: findings from the POUNDS LOST Trial.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2012Trial
- Prior preferences interfere with the associative learning of food values.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific systemic and brain metabolic responses to a standardized ketogenic diet in mice.Lab animal · 2026Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The study objective was to evaluate the effect of prescribing a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) and a low-fat diet (LFD) on food cravings, food preferences, and appetite. Obese adults were randomly assigned to a LCD (n = 134) or a LFD (n = 136) for 2 years. Cravings for specific types of foods (sweets, high-fats, fast-food fats, and carbohydrates/starches); preferences for high-sugar, high-carbohydrate, and low-carbohydrate/high-protein foods; and appetite were measured during the trial and evaluated during this secondary analysis of trial data. Differences between the LCD and LFD on change in outcome variables were examined with mixed linear models. Compared to the LFD, the LCD had significantly larger decreases in cravings for carbohydrates/starches and preferences for high-carbohydrate and high-sugar foods. The LCD group reported being less bothered by hunger compared to the LFD group. Compared to the LCD group, the LFD group had significantly larger decreases in cravings for high-fat foods and preference for low-carbohydrate/high-protein foods. Men had larger decreases in appetite ratings compared to women. Prescription of diets that promoted restriction of specific types of foods resulted in decreased cravings and preferences for the foods that were targeted for restriction. The results also indicate that the LCD group was less bothered by hunger compared to the LFD group and that men had larger reductions in appetite compared to women.
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