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The Effects of Diet Composition and Weight Loss on Serum Adiponectin
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Summer, Suzanne Spang
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Year and Degree
2007, MS, University of Cincinnati, Medicine : Epidemiology (Environmental Health).
Abstract
Background: Adiponectin is a hormone whose functions contribute to a lowering of disease risk, but adiponectin is typically diminished in obesity. Weight loss can restore adiponectin, reducing obesity-related risk. This study examines the roles of weight-loss diets and macronutrient composition in improving adiponectin. Methods: Forty-two obese women were randomized to a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet. Both groups received equivalent treatment. Adiponectin, diet intake, and anthropometrics were measured at baseline and after three and six months of dieting, using standard methods. Results: After six months of dieting, adiponectin increased in the low-carbohydrate group. Loss of weight and body fat showed a non-significant trend towards affecting adiponectin, regardless of diet. Type of diet alone had no significant effect on adiponectin. Conclusion: Diet-induced weight loss may play a role in improving adiponectin over time, but it is not clear whether this is related to the macronutrient composition of the diet.
Committee
Dr. C. Ralph Buncher (Advisor)
Pages
61 p.
Subject Headings
Health Sciences, Nutrition
Keywords
weight loss
;
diet
;
adiponectin
;
obesity
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Summer, S. S. (2007).
The Effects of Diet Composition and Weight Loss on Serum Adiponectin
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186760448
APA Style (7th edition)
Summer, Suzanne.
The Effects of Diet Composition and Weight Loss on Serum Adiponectin.
2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186760448.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Summer, Suzanne. "The Effects of Diet Composition and Weight Loss on Serum Adiponectin." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186760448
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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