Replacement Meal: Effectiveness of a Soluble Powder Rich in Fibers and at Low Glycemic Index in Overweight but Not in Obese Patients

作     者：Volpe Roberto Abdulkader Bisan Pacioni Fabrizio Reggiani Francesco Schiavetto Emanuela 

作者机构：Health and Safety Department Italian National Research Council (CNR) Rome Italy Central European University Budapest Hungary Central Laboratory Umberto I University Hospital “La Sapienza” University Rome Italy Faculty of Biology University of “La Sapienza” Rome Italy 

出 版 物：《Food and Nutrition Sciences》 (食品与营养科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第8卷第6期

页      面：591-597页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Overweight Obesity Cardiovascular Risk Functional Foods Replacement Meal 

摘      要：Active lifestyle and qualitative and quantitative diets are the best way to lose weight. In our study we have assessed the effectiveness and tolerability of a soluble powder rich in fibers and at low glycemic index and used, with a portion of fresh fruit, as replacement meal (for a total calorie intake ranging from a minimum of about 130 kcal to a maximum of 260 kcal) in 52 overweight/obese subjects of the outpatient clinic of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) of Rome already in treatment with a low-fat low-carbohydrates qualitative diet. The study was a parallel, prospective trial of two randomized sample groups, “intervention (26 subjects) and “control (26 subjects). After 8 weeks, the treatment based on the replacement meal has improved the results obtained through the qualitative diet alone above all in the overweight subjects: 11/16, versus only 2/16 in the control group, became ranged within normal weight. On the contrary, the majority of obese subjects didn’t change their BMI classification suggesting that, in case of obesity, a controlled quantitative correction with weighing food portions could be a better strategy than low-calorie replacement meal.