The effect of coconut oil and palm oil on anthropometric parameters: a clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During recent years several studies have investigated the impact of different dietary oils on body weight. They have shown differential positive and negative effects on anthropometry. We investigated the effects of palm and coconut oils on body weight and other anthropometric parameters, considering their importance as a primary source of saturated fat, controlling for other confounding variable such as total energy intake.

Methods

The study was conducted as a sequential feeding clinical trial with 40 healthy men and women divided into two feeding periods of initial palm oil (8 weeks) and subsequent coconut oil (8 weeks), with a 16-week washout period in between. Each participant received a pre-determined volume of each oil, which were integrated into their routin

SUBMITTER: Swarnamali H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782760 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature