In: Obésité, 2014, p. 1–7
Objectives: To study, in obese subjects, the effect of diffuse ultrasound application in the abdominal area combined to muscular work on a vibrating platform. This dual method aims at accelerating the mobilisation of adipose tissue.Methods: 40 sedentary obese women, 18 to 55 years old, with a BMI ≥30 kg/m2 and ≤40 kg/m2 were randomized into 3 groups. 1) A control group (CONTR, n=13), 2) a...
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In: Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique, 2013, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 15–25
‘Dieting Makes You Fat’ – the title of a book published in 1983 – embodies the notion that dieting to control body weight, with consequential weight cycling, predisposes the individual to acquire even more body fat. While this notion is controversial, its debate underscores the large gap, which exists in our understanding of basic physiological laws, which govern the regulation of human...
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