1. Energy compensation following consumption of sugar-reduced products: a randomized controlled trial.
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Markey, Oonagh, Jeune, Julia, and Lovegrove, Julie
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ARTERIAL physiology , *FOOD quality , *ANALYSIS of covariance , *ANALYSIS of variance , *BASAL metabolism , *BLOOD pressure , *BLOOD sugar , *BODY weight , *CHI-squared test , *CHOLESTEROL , *STATISTICAL correlation , *CROSSOVER trials , *ELEMENTAL diet , *ENERGY metabolism , *INGESTION , *LONGITUDINAL method , *NUTRITIONAL assessment , *NUTRITIONAL requirements , *PROBABILITY theory , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *STATISTICS , *T-test (Statistics) , *TONOMETRY , *STATISTICAL power analysis , *DATA analysis , *BODY mass index , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *VISUAL analog scale , *ACCELEROMETRY , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *REPEATED measures design , *BLIND experiment , *FOOD diaries , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *DIETARY sucrose - Abstract
Purpose: Consumption of sugar-reformulated products (commercially available foods and beverages that have been reduced in sugar content through reformulation) is a potential strategy for lowering sugar intake at a population level. The impact of sugar-reformulated products on body weight, energy balance (EB) dynamics and cardiovascular disease risk indicators has yet to be established. The REFORMulated foods (REFORM) study examined the impact of an 8-week sugar-reformulated product exchange on body weight, EB dynamics, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, glycemia and lipemia. Methods: A randomized, controlled, double-blind, crossover dietary intervention study was performed with fifty healthy normal to overweight men and women (age 32.0 ± 9.8 year, BMI 23.5 ± 3.0 kg/m) who were randomly assigned to consume either regular sugar or sugar-reduced foods and beverages for 8 weeks, separated by 4-week washout period. Body weight, energy intake (EI), energy expenditure and vascular markers were assessed at baseline and after both interventions. Results: We found that carbohydrate ( P < 0.001), total sugars ( P < 0.001) and non-milk extrinsic sugars ( P < 0.001) (% EI) were lower, whereas fat ( P = 0.001) and protein ( P = 0.038) intakes (% EI) were higher on the sugar-reduced than the regular diet. No effects on body weight, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, fasting glycemia or lipemia were observed. Conclusions: Consumption of sugar-reduced products, as part of a blinded dietary exchange for an 8-week period, resulted in a significant reduction in sugar intake. Body weight did not change significantly, which we propose was due to energy compensation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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