The effects of four hypocaloric diets containing different levels of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup on weight loss and related parameters

Nutrition Journal

Research

Kathleen J Melanson¹  Von Nguyen²  Sabrina Pardo²  Zhiping Yu²  James M Rippe²  Joshua Lowndes²  Diana Kawiecki² 

[1] Rhode Island University, 202 A Ranger Hall, 02881, Kingston, RI, USA;Rippe Lifestyle Institute, 215 Celebration Place, Suite 300, Celebration, 34747, FL, USA;

关键词: High fructose corn syrup;    Hypocaloric diet;    Weight loss;    Dietary counseling;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2891-11-55

 received in 2012-01-04, accepted in 2012-07-23,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe replacement of sucrose with HFCS in food products has been suggested as playing a role in the development of obesity as a public health issue. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of four equally hypocaloric diets containing different levels of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).MethodsThis was a randomized, prospective, double blind trial, with overweight/obese participants measured for body composition and blood chemistry before and after the completion of 12 weeks following a hypocaloric diet. The average caloric deficit achieved on the hypocaloric diets was 309 kcal.ResultsReductions were observed in all measures of adiposity including body mass, BMI,% body fat, waist circumference and fat mass for all four hypocaloric groups, as well as reductions in the exercise only group for body mass, BMI and waist circumference.ConclusionsSimilar decreases in weight and indices of adiposity are observed when overweight or obese individuals are fed hypocaloric diets containing levels of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup typically consumed by adults in the United States.

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© Lowndes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.