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Processed Foods RCT Weight Loss

Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

K D Hall, A Ayuketah, R Brychta, H Cai, T Cassimatis, K Y Chen, S T Chung, E Costa, A Courville, V Darcey, L A Fletcher, C G Forde, A M Gharib, J Guo, R Howard, P V Joseph, S McGehee, R Ouwerkerk, K Raisinger, I Rozga, M Stagliano, M Walter, P J Walter, S Yang, M Zhou

Cell metabolism 2019

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Journal Cell metabolism
Year 2019
Volume/Issue Vol. 30, Issue 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.05.008
URL: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Abstract

We investigated whether ultra-processed foods affect energy intake in 20 weight-stable adults, aged (mean ± SE) 31.2 ± 1.6 years and BMI = 27 ± 1.5 kg/m2. Subjects were admitted to the NIH Clinical Center and randomized to receive either ultra-processed or unprocessed diets for 2 weeks im …

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