Short-term low-carbohydrate diet decreases body weight and fat mass but not muscle strength in children and young people with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We investigated whether a short period of tightly controlled low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) leads to a change in body weight, body composition, and muscle strength in children and young people with diabetes (CYPwD).

Methods

Thirty-five CYPwD were recruited into this randomized controlled cross-over study (20 female; age 14.5 ± 2.9 years). The interventions were five and five weeks of ready-made food box deliveries of isocaloric diets in random order: either LCD (94.5 ± 4.7 g/day) or recommended carbohydrate diet (RCD) (191 ± 19.2 g/day). The outcomes were body weight and body mass index (BMI) standard deviation scores (SDS), body fat percentage assessed by bioimpedance and muscle strength assessed by jumping mechanography at the end of each dietary intervention. The Welch

SUBMITTER: Neuman V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12580311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature