TY - JOUR T1 - Restoration to normal body composition by VLCD: a comparison of post obese and lean subjects questions BMI 25 as diet limit. AU - Kreitzman,S, AU - Coxon,A, AU - Brodie,D, AU - Eston,R, AU - Howard,A, PY - 1989/1/1/pubmed PY - 1989/1/1/medline PY - 1989/1/1/entrez SP - 161 EP - 2 JF - International journal of obesity JO - Int J Obes VL - 13 Suppl 2 N2 - Body composition was assessed in naturally lean female subjects who never had need to diet. At BMI 21-22 their body weight distribution of 75 per cent FFM and 25 per cent fat was compared with subjects who had dieted below BMI 25 by various conventional self-selected diets; subjects who had dieted to BMI 21-22 by VLCD and subjects who were dieting with VLCD but were still above BMI 25. These body composition studies support values of BMI 22-22 as a better estimate of desirable weight in women than BMI 25. At BMI 21-22 the distribution of body weight between fat and FFM of post VLCD dieters matches that of normal lean women. UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2613414/Restoration_to_normal_body_composition_by_VLCD:_a_comparison_of_post_obese_and_lean_subjects_questions_BMI_25_as_diet_limit_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -