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Health Advantages and Disadvantages of Weight-Reducing Diets: A Computer Analysis and Critical Review

Metabolic Research Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (J.W.A., E.C.K.)
Clinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, (D.J.A.J.)

View larger version (40K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Assessment of diets comparing a calculated Food Pyramid Score. The Food Pyramid Score is determined for each diet by the number of servings of grain, fruit, vegetable, fat and meat to consensus recommendations.

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Diet effects on serum cholesterol levels for weight loss diets. Shown by predicted % change in serum cholesterol levels as determined by the summation of values predicted by the equations of Keys et al. [32], Hegsted et al. [33] and Mensink and Katan [27].