Management of obesity by severe caloric restriction

About this book

A reference text for clinical nutritionists, nutrition researchers, and physicians and other health care professionals concerned with the clinical supervision of obese patients presents 23 technical papers presented at a 1983 symposim on very low calorie (VLC) diets. The papers are organized among 6 specific themes: the historical development, therapeutic use in obesity, and user experiences with VLC diets; nitrogen balance in the use of VLC diets; the effect of VLC diets on metabolic rate and thyroid hormone metabolism; their effect on cardiac function and trace metal nutriture; their effect on clinical disease (respiratory function; blood pressure; daibetes) and surgical patients; and specific clinical experiences with VLC diets. Tabulated data and illustrations are provided throughout the text, and reference citations are appended to each of the papers.