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The Health Consequences of Chronic Energy Imbalance

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 8538

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Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Interests: obesity; disordered eating; intense exercise training; health consequences of energy imbalance
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Dear Colleagues, 

We are seeking papers for a Special Issue on chronic energy imbalance, related to both overweight/obesity and energy deficits such as those seen in eating disorders. Original or review articles that focus on topics such as appetite regulation, gut microbiota, musculoskeletal health, immune function, hormonal disruptions, and risk for chronic diseases are of interest. Original research articles should involve human research only and can be cross-sectional and/or intervention-based studies.

Dr. Lynn Cialdella-Kam
Guest Editor

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The Complicated Relationship between Dieting, Dietary Restraint, Caloric Restriction, and Eating Disorders: Is a Shift in Public Health Messaging Warranted?
by Tiffany M. Stewart, Corby K. Martin and Donald A. Williamson
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(1), 491; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010491 - 03 Jan 2022
Cited by 19 | Viewed by 8005
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The origins of theories specifying dietary restraint as a cause of eating disorders can be traced to the 1970s. This paper will present an overview of the origins of dietary restraint theories and a brief historical review of evidence will be summarized. Recent [...] Read more.
The origins of theories specifying dietary restraint as a cause of eating disorders can be traced to the 1970s. This paper will present an overview of the origins of dietary restraint theories and a brief historical review of evidence will be summarized. Recent research will be presented, including the results from the CALERIE Phase 1 study, as well as CALERIE Phase 2, which were NIH-sponsored randomized controlled trials. CALERIE 2 provided a test of the effect of two years of caloric restriction (CR) on the development of eating disorder syndromes and symptoms in comparison to a control group that did not alter eating behavior or body weight. The intervention was effective for inducing a chronic (two-year) reduction in total energy expenditure and increased dietary restraint but did not increase symptoms of eating disorders. The results of this recent investigation and other studies have not provided experimental support for conventional dietary restraint theories of eating disorders. These findings are discussed in terms of potential revisions of dietary restraint theory, as well as the implications for a paradigm shift in public health messaging related to dieting. Full article
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