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A Human Thrifty Phenotype Associated With Less Weight Loss During Caloric Restriction.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 2015
Reinhardt Martin, Thearle Marie S, Ibrahim Mostafa, Hohenadel Maximilian G, Bogardus Clifton, Krakoff Jonathan, Votruba Susanne B
Abstract excerpt
Successful weight loss is variable for reasons not fully elucidated. Whether effective weight loss results from smaller reductions in energy expenditure during caloric restriction is not known. We analyzed whether obese individuals with a "thrifty" phenotype, that is, greater reductions in 24-h energy expenditure during fasting and smaller increases with overfeeding, lose less weight during caloric restriction...
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