Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1120-1128 , November 2009

High-protein diet promotes a moderate postpartum weight loss in a prospective cohort of Brazilian women

  • Maria Beatriz T. de Castro, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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  • Gilberto Kac, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Nutrição Social e Aplicada, Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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  • Antonio P. de Leon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rosely Sichieri, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2009.

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    (a) Recruitment and selection of the 430 Brazilian women in the cohort. (b) Study design and FFQ interview. FFQ, food-frequency questionnaire.

    (a) Recruitment and selection of the 430 Brazilian women in the cohort. (b) Study design and FFQ interview. FFQ, food-frequency questionnaire.

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    (a) Mean body weight difference in women with a high-protein diet (≥1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=97, 97, 97, 87; squares) or a low-protein diet (<1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=181, 181, 181, 164; circles) postpartum;

    (a) Mean body weight difference in women with a high-protein diet (≥1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=97, 97, 97, 87; squares) or a low-protein diet (<1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=181, 181, 181, 164; circles) postpartum; significant time-by-group interaction. (b) Adjusted mean body weight loss by energy intake, energy intake by time, stature, percentage of body fat, percentage of body far by time, age, race, smoking, smoking by time, schooling, and schooling by time in women with a high-protein diet (≥1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=97, 97, 97, 87, squares) or a low-protein diet (<1.2g · kg−1 · d−1; n=181, 181, 181, 164; circles) postpartum; 1significant time-by-group interaction.

 This project was funded by the Fundação Universitária José Bonifácio and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. M. B. T. Castro was supported by a fellowship from the Brazilian Coordination Body for the Training of University Level Personnel (CAPES). R. Sichieri, G. Kac, and A. P. de Leon received research productivity grants from CNPq.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00126-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.02.006

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1120-1128 , November 2009

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