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Diet and Nutrition
Women in study ate 800 fewer calories daily and were satisfied
December 6th, 2004
When Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) researchers made small changes in young women's meals - reducing calorie density by 30% and serving size by just 25% - the women ate 800 calories less per day and felt just as full and satisfied. Barbara Rolls, who holds the Guthrie Chair of Nutrition in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, directed the study. She says, "We lowered the energy density, or calories per gram, of the participants' meals by incorporating more vegetables and fruit in recipes and also using food products reduced in fat and sugar. The subjects found the smaller, lower energy density meals just as palatable,...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2004-12-06)
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