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Text: Body-weight (BW), fat mass (FM), blood - and urine-parameters of 132 participants (age = 50 12 yr ; BW = 107 20 kg ; BMI = 37 6 kg/m (2) ; FM = 47. 5 11. 9 kg) were compared after 3 and 12 months between four energy-restricted diets with 33 % of energy requirement for the first 3 months, and 67 % for the last 9 months : normal-protein normal-carbohydrate (NPNC), normal-protein low-carbohydrate (NPLC) ; high-protein normal-carbohydrate (HPNC), high-protein low-carbohydrate (HPLC) ; 24h N-analyses confirmed daily protein intakes for the normal-protein diets of 0. 7 0. 1 and for the high-protein diets of 1. 1 0. 2 g/kg BW (p < 0. 01).