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Old January 28th, 2004, 11:28 PM
Harold Groot
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Default Study Links High-Carbs and Weight Loss

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:16:06 GMT, "zsklar"
wrote:

Daily calories totaled about 2400, similar to participants' usual consumption.


That last bit =might= be a weak point on this study. Just HOW did
they determine that the participants had been consuming 2400 calories
prior to the study? =If= they used a questionaire, we should keep in
mind that people are notorious for under-reporting food consumption,
typically in the region of 400-800 calories/day. So it seems quite
=possible= that the people had actually been eating 3000 calories a
day (and holding their weight steady) prior to the study, told the
researchers they were eating 2400, and when actually eating a MEASURED
2400 calories they started to lose weight.

If they actually MEASURED the pre-diet consumption at 2400 calories,
that's something else entirely. So it would be quite helpful if they
included something about HOW that data point was established.