Obesity, weight‐reducing programmes and constipation
Elaine Anderson
(Third‐year Undergraduate Student in Nutrition)
Jill Davies
(Head of the Nutrition Research Centre both at South Bank University, London, UK.)
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Abstract
Highlights the prevalence, causes and health risks of obesity. Then continues by looking at the health incentives of weight loss through commercial weight‐reducing diets and the health problems incurred during such a diet in respect of reduced energy intake and reduction of non‐starch polysaccharides which can lead to constipation and associated bowel diseases. Tips to increase the intake of non‐starch polysaccharides are given in the context of weight‐reduction programmes.
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Citation
Anderson, E. and Davies, J. (1999), "Obesity, weight‐reducing programmes and constipation", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 99 No. 6, pp. 303-306. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659910290475
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited