DIETARY-FAT AND ADIPOSITY PART I - FAT AN D CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE, AND NUTRIENT BALANCES

Starting from concepts of the eighties of the significance of nutrient balances for body-weight development, new possibilities of dietary pr ophylaxis and therapy of adiposity have been developed. The author pro vides an updated and critical survey of the knowledge and practical ex periences, based on the literature of the last five years, In part I, findings concerning the relations between fat-and carbohydrate consump tion on the one side, and bodyweight development, body Fat and fat oxi dation on the other are presented. Part II will be devoted to low-fat diets of unrestricted carbohydrate content.