Energy Intake

Daylight saving time has been a source of contention and debate since its introduction in 1918.

In patients with obesity, gastric bypass surgery plus a very low-energy diet reduced major atherogenic blood lipids to a greater degree than a very low-energy diet alone at 6 weeks, according to the results of the COCKTAIL trial.

A higher percentage of energy intake from added sugars may be linked to an increased prevalence of kidney stones, according to recently published data.

Diet and nutritional status of patients with stage 4 to 5 chronic kidney disease may not vastly differ between those with or without diabetes.

ATLANTA — Energy intake and diet quality do not mediate the association between food insecurity and increased BMI in U.S. adults, according to data presented at ENDO 2022.

Contrary to prior models, a plant-based, low-fat diet was associated with less ad libitum energy intake compared with an animal-based, low-carbohydrate diet, for reasons still unclear, a speaker reported.

Restricted energy intake and alternate-day fasting both reduced body mass, but restricted energy intake offered more fat-reducing benefits, according to results of a small randomized controlled trial.

A cohort of adults had less energy intake when eating a low-fat, plant-based diet compared with an animal-based, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet during a 2-week period, according to study data published in Nature Medicine.

People with diabetes who ate more at dinner compared with breakfast had greater risks for death from diabetes and cardiovascular disease; however, a model suggests replacing 5% of total energy intake at dinner with breakfast can reduce mortality risks, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Poorer overall diet quality and lower vegetable protein intake increased the risk for frailty in old age, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.