title: [The role of dietary fiber and its preparations in the protection and treatment of overweight].
abstract: Optimal amounts of dietary fibre in the diet are regarded as a protective factor against several health disorders such as some alimentary tract diseases, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. It is considered that the dietary fibre may help reduce body weight. The preparations of dietary fibre slow gastric emptying and decrease the appetite. However, the reduction of body weight with the application of high fibre diets, but without a change in the eating habits, is not significant.
authors.affiliation: Samodzielnej Pracowni Bromatologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witkowska
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Borawska
mesh_terms: D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Znaczenie błonnika pokarmowego i jego preparatów w zapobieganiu i leczeniu nadwagi.