Long-term effects of a Palaeolithic-type diet in obese postmenopausal women: a 2-year randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Short-term studies have suggested beneficial effects of a Palaeolithic-type diet (PD) on body weight and metabolic balance. We now report the long-term effects of a PD on anthropometric measurements and metabolic balance in obese postmenopausal women, in comparison with a diet according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR).

Subjects/methods

Seventy obese postmenopausal women (mean age 60 years, body mass index 33 kg/m(2)) were assigned to an ad libitum PD or NNR diet in a 2-year randomized controlled trial. The primary outcome was change in fat mass as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Results

Both groups significantly decreased total fat mass at 6 months (-6.5 and-2.6 kg) and 24 months (-4.6 and-2.9 kg), with a more pronounc

SUBMITTER: Mellberg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4216932 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature