When obese women eat fewer carbs (but not fewer calories), they lose more belly fat and shrink their waistline more than when they just eat less food overall.

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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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2024

This study found that obese women who ate fewer carbs (but not fewer calories) lost more belly fat and shrank their waist more than those who just ate less food overall — exactly what the claim says.

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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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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1493954

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