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New data from the United Kingdom, Australia and United States illuminate research in obesity

Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, November 19th, 2006

Data on obesity are outlined in reports from the United Kingdom, Australia and United States.

Study 1: Researchers detail in "Effects of increasing increments of fat- and sugar-rich snacks in the diet on energy and macronutrient intake in lean and overweight men," new data in obesity. "Two studies have examined the effect on energy intake and macronutrient selection of increasing increments of mandatory high-fat or high-sugar snacks into the diet in men. The present study used a within-subject, repeated-measures design," scientists writing in the British Journal of Nutrition report.

"In each experiment, six lean and six overweight,...

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