Increased fiber intake against abdominal fat
Eat more fiber can have a major impact in reducing the waist of the young United States, new research shows.
Adolescents who increased their consumption of fiber in their diets over a period of two years had a significant decrease in the amount of fat around their waists, while young people who reduced their consumption to increase, said Dr. Jaimie N. Davis, of the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California in Los Angeles and colleagues.
Davis and his team were investigating the belly fat, which is the most dangerous type of body fat, since the higher accumulation of it in the waist, the greater the risk the possibility of diabetes and heart disease.
The investigators evaluated 85 overweight children and girls 11 to 17, who had to fill out a questionnaire about their eating habits and then report on their diet two years later, at this stage of life, the diets of some young people tend worse, Davis said.
The fiber intake was reduced by 3 grams per 1,000 calories consumed on average 46 of the study participants, while it increased by the same average amount in 35 others.
Abdominal fat increased by 21 percent of study participants were eating less fiber, but young people who increased their fiber intake had a 4 percent reduction in belly fat.
Fiber intake is recommended for young people, is 14 grams per 1,000 calories consumed, or about 25 to 30 grams per day.
The study findings appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
