Low-Carbohydrate (Ketogenic) Diet in Children with Obesity: Part 1-Diet Impact on Anthropometric Indicators and Indicators of Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ketogenic diet has been successfully used in the last 100 years in the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological disorders. In recent decades, it gained wider application in the treatment of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. However, there have been only a few studies on its use in children with obesity and associated metabolic disorders.

Objectives

To determine the clinical and metabolic effects of a well-formulated low-carbohydrate (ketogenic) diet in children with obesity.

Methods

One hundred children with obesity and metabolic disorders underwent initial anthropometric, laboratory, and ultrasound examinations. They were placed on a well-formulated ketogenic diet and monitored for 4 months. The 58 patients who completed the study u

SUBMITTER: Paskaleva IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12026416 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature