When obese women eat extremely few calories (under 800 per day), they sometimes gain belly fat, lose muscle, and don’t lose much fat—making it worse than eating a little less.
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When obese women eat extremely few calories (under 800 per day), they sometimes gain belly fat, lose muscle, and don’t lose much fat—making it worse than eating a little less.
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Study: Quantitative analysis of the caloric restriction versus isocaloric diets models based on macronutrients composition: impacts on body weight regulation, anthropometric, and bioimpedance parameters in women with obesity
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