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Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition pp 223–233Cite as

Meal Replacement Products and Fat Substitutes in Weight Control and Maintenance

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With a surplus of nutritious and palatable foods and a reduced need for occupational physical labor, most Americans are finding weight control a major problem. The national mean body mass index (BMI) rises with each new survey, and obesity-related co-morbidities, such as type II diabetes mellitus, are reaching epidemic proportions (1).

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  2. Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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Geliebter, A., Funkhouser, A., Heymsfield, S.B. (2001). Meal Replacement Products and Fat Substitutes in Weight Control and Maintenance. In: Bendich, A., Deckelbaum, R.J. (eds) Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-039-1_13

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