Low-Fat Diet

Almost half of American adults said that starting a new diet is one of their New Year’s resolutions, results of a survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine showed.

A low-fat vegan diet significantly reduced harmful inflammatory dietary compounds compared with a Mediterranean diet, according to findings from a randomized study.

PHILADELPHIA — Some dietary change may improve cardiometabolic measures beyond weight loss and providers should create a diet that will most benefit each individual with obesity, according to a speaker.

Results of Women’s Health Initiative trials highlight the importance of personalized health care in combination with shared decision-making for postmenopausal women, according to a review published in JAMA.

A recent study comparing the environmental impact and quality of several dietary patterns found that a plant-based diet had the lowest greenhouse gas emissions, but its quality was similar to that of other diets.

In patients at intermediate or high CV risk, compared with minimal intervention, the Mediterranean and low-fat dietary programs were associated with reduced risk for death and nonfatal MI, researchers reported in The BMJ.

Compared with a low-fat diet, a personalized diet targeting postprandial glycemic response did not lead to greater weight loss at 6 months among adults with abnormal glucose metabolism and obesity, according to study data.

A recent study showed that a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil was better than a low-fat diet in preventing major cardiovascular events in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

A Mediterranean diet was superior to a low-fat diet in preventing major CV events in secondary prevention of CVD, according to findings from the CORDIOPREV study.

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.