title: Effect of a basic Chinese traditional diet in overweight patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of a basic Chinese traditional diet (BTCD) in overweight patients on body mass index (BMI), lean mass, sense of hunger, and eating behaviour.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 694 enrolled subjects (218 male and 476 female) were divided into two groups: group A undergoing a 1200-Kcal BTCD, and group B undergoing a 1200-Kcal standard western diet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From T0 (before treatment) to T1 (6 weeks after treatment), BMI was lowered in group A from (32.33 +/- 5.51) to (31.96 +/- 5.56) kg/m2, and in group B from (31.62 +/- 6.29) to (31.36 +/- 6.47) kg/m2. After treatment, patients in group A lost more weight (0.37 +/- 0.52) kg than group B (0.26 +/- 0.79) kg (P = 0.0044). From T0 to T1, the mean lean mass of group A decreased from (16.48 +/- 5.50) to (16.27 +/- 5.45) kg. In group B, mean lean mass decreased from (16.93 +/- 6.49) to (16.44 +/- 6.29) kg. The difference was significant (P = 0.0078).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The two diets could lead to lower BMI, improve lean mass as well as eating behaviour and sense of hunger. However, the BTCD was significantly better than the western standard diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic, Histologic, Forensic Medicine and Locomotor System Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petti
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rughini
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silli
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asprino
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maglio
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leonetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology