Energy gap useful tool for successful weight loss maintenance strategy
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 07:21
in Health & Medicine
Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap was coined to estimate the change in energy balance (intake and expenditure) behaviours required to achieve and sustain reduced body weight outcomes in individuals and populations. In a commentary published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers more precisely clarify the concept of the energy gap (or energy gaps) and discuss how the concept can be properly used as a tool to help understand and address obesity...