title: Low and very low calorie diets.
abstract: Low and very low calorie diets may be useful for the initial treatment of obesity, but long-term weight loss requires life-style changes in eating and activity patterns. Very low calorie diets cause rapid weight loss and improvement of complications of obesity, but the possibility of severe complications mandates careful selection and close supervision by a health professional team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hampton.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000009:adverse effects; D002149:Energy Intake; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*