title: Restoration to normal body composition by VLCD: a comparison of post obese and lean subjects questions BMI 25 as diet limit.
abstract: Body composition was assessed in naturally lean female subjects who never had need to diet. At BMI 21-22 their body weight distribution of 75 per cent FFM and 25 per cent fat was compared with subjects who had dieted below BMI 25 by various conventional self-selected diets; subjects who had dieted to BMI 21-22 by VLCD and subjects who were dieting with VLCD but were still above BMI 25. These body composition studies support values of BMI 22-22 as a better estimate of desirable weight in women than BMI 25. At BMI 21-22 the distribution of body weight between fat and FFM of post VLCD dieters matches that of normal lean women.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kreitzman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coxon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brodie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eston
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D001823:Body Composition; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*