title: Investigation of the effect of high dairy diet on body mass index and body fat in overweight and obese children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether an increase in dairy food consumption improves the changes in BMI and adiposity in children on an energy restricted diet.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overweight and obese children (n = 120, age: 12-18 y, BMI: 27-40 kg/m2) were randomized to receive a calorie restricted diet providing a 500 kcal/d deficit from total energy expenditure and two (n = 40), three (n = 40) or four (n = 40) servings of dairy products/day. Anthropometric measurements in addition to serum hs-CRP and lipid profile were measured at baseline and after 12 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 96 children who completed the study, significant reductions in overall BMI, BMI z-score, weight, total body fat percentage and total body fat mass were observed (p < 0.001) but these reductions were not significantly affected by increasing dairy intake (p > 0.05). Overall waist/hip ratio, Serum vitamin D and lipid profile did not change significantly (p > 0.05) apart from a significant increase in HDL-cholesterol (p < 0.001) which was independent of dairy intake (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increased intake of dairy products does not lead to an augmented change in BMI, weight and body fat in overweight and obese children beyond what is achieved by calorie restriction.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Science (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghayour-Mobarhan
authors.forename: Amirhossein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahebkar
authors.forename: Rahim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vakili
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safarian
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nematy
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lotfian
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khorashadizadeh
authors.forename: Shima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tavallaie
authors.forename: Monireh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahri
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferns
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003611:Dairy Products; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050177:Overweight