title: Dietary prescriptions for the overweight patient: the potential benefits of low-carbohydrate diets in insulin resistance.
abstract: Obesity in the USA continues to be a medical problem of epidemic proportions, affecting one-third of American adults. This increase in body weight and body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for insulin resistance; individuals with insulin resistance are at increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The identification of effective dietary treatments (e.g. low-carbohydrate diet, low-fat diet) for patient populations with insulin resistance remains controversial. While a variety of dietary approaches will result in weight and cardiac risk factor reduction, individuals who have been identified as insulin-resistant may derive additional short-term weight loss results from a low-carbohydrate diet compared to a low-fat diet.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes/Endocrinology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA, USA. milee@scrippsclinic.com
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujioka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000178:diet therapy*; D050528:Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior