Micronutrient deficiency in obese subjects undergoing low calorie diet.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies is higher in obese individuals compared to normal-weight people, probably because of inadequate eating habits but also due to increased demands among overweight persons, which are underestimated by dietary reference intakes (DRI) intended for the general population. We therefore evaluated the dietary micronutrient intake in obese individuals compared to a reference population and DRI recommendations. Furthermore, we determined the micronutrient status in obese subjects undergoing a standardized DRI-covering low-calorie formula diet to analyze if the DRI meet the micronutrient requirements of obese individuals.

Methods

In 104 subjects baseline micronutrient intake was determined by dietary record collection. A randomly a

SUBMITTER: Damms-Machado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404899 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature