Fasting for weight loss: an effective strategy or latest dieting trend?
@article{Johnstone2014FastingFW, title={Fasting for weight loss: an effective strategy or latest dieting trend?}, author={Alexandra M. Johnstone}, journal={International Journal of Obesity}, year={2014}, volume={39}, pages={727-733} }
With the increasing obesity epidemic comes the search for effective dietary approaches for calorie restriction and weight loss. Here I examine whether fasting is the latest ‘fad diet’ as portrayed in popular media and discuss whether it is a safe and effective approach or whether it is an idiosyncratic diet trend that promotes short-term weight loss, with no concern for long-term weight maintenance. Fasting has long been used under historical and experimental conditions and has recently been…
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