Changes in Body Composition During Weight Reduction in Obesity
Authors: Frederick L. Benoit, Robert L. Martin, Raymond H. Watten
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 October 1965Changes in Body Composition During Weight Reduction in ObesityBalance Studies Comparing Effects of Fasting and a Ketogenic DietFREDERICK L. BENOIT, ROBERT L. MARTIN, RAYMOND H. WATTENFREDERICK L. BENOITSearch for more papers by this author, ROBERT L. MARTINSearch for more papers by this author, RAYMOND H. WATTENSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-4-604 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUtilization of prolonged fasting as a means of weight reduction in obesity has been extensively evaluated (1-3) and found to produce a consistent, adequate weight loss. Few reports have focused on the changes in gross body composition that accompany a period of fasting or compared such changes to those obtained with other dietary reducing programs. Although it is known that large losses of body potassium occur during the total fast (3), this has not been correlated with lean body changes. Since the bulk of body potassium is present in muscle, with only minimal concentration in fat (4), losses of the...References1. BLOOM WL: Fasting as an introduction to the treatment of obesity. Metabolism 8: 214, 1959. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. DUNCANJENSONFRASERCRISTOFORI GGWKRIFC: Correction and control of intractable obesity. JAMA 181: 99, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. DRENICKSWENDSEIDBLAHDTUTTLE EJMEWHSG: Prolonged starvation as treatment for severe obesity. JAMA 187: 100, 1963. Google Scholar4. LUFTCARDUSLIMANDERSONHOWARTH UCDTPECJL: Physical performance in relation to body size and composition. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 110: 795, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. KEKWICKPAWAN AGL: Metabolic study in human obesity with isocaloric diets high in fat, protein or carbohydrate. Metabolism 6: 447, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif., and the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, Calif.This work was aided by contract Nonr-222(51) (NR105 156) between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Calif.Presented in part at the Golden Anniversary Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Ill., on March 22, 1965.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Director, Clinical Investigation Center, U. S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif. 94627. 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