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Oxford University Press, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1(84), p. 77-87, 2006

DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.1.77

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Short-term meal replacements followed by dietary macronutrient restriction enhance weight loss in polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal article published in 2006 by Lisa J. Moran, Manny Noakes, Peter M. Clifton ORCID, Gary A. Wittert, Gemma Williams, Robert J. Norman
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common condition in women, improves with weight loss. Meal replacements in short-term weight loss and strategies for weight maintenance have not been investigated in PCOS. OBJECTIVE: We compared in overweight women with PCOS the effects of meal replacements in short-term weight-loss and longer-term carbohydrate- or fat-restriction strategies on weight maintenance and improvements in reproductive and metabolic variables. DESIGN: Overweight women with PCOS (n = 43; x +/- SD age: 32.1 +/- 5.2 y; weight: 96.1 +/- 18.4 kg) followed an 8-wk weight-loss regimen (2 meal replacements/d, 4904.4 +/- 127 kJ; phase 1) and then a 6-mo weight-maintenance carbohydrate- (