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Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine,
5100 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 400, Washington,
DC 20016, USA.
The increasing global health
problems of overweight and obesity are associated
with coronary heart disease, hypertension,
diabetes, osteoarthritis, and certain cancers,
among other health concerns. Vegetarian diets
are associated with reduced body weight,
lower incidence of certain chronic disease,
and lower medical costs compared with non-vegetarian
diets.
We reviewed the literature to ascertain
the extent to which and by what mechanism(s)
a plant-based diet may mediate body weight.
PMID: 16673753 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
