Effect of new balanced-diet for body fat specific reduction in obese subjects

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350848
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: St. Marianna University School of Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Yasushi 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (40276499)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ヘルスプロモーション / 栄養バランス / 肥満者 / 体脂肪

Outline of Final Research Achievements

First, we established the methods of quantitative measurement of abdominal visceral fat volume (VFV) and intrahepatic lipid (IHL) content by using the data from whole abdominal CT-scanning and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy focusing on the liver S6 segment (1H-MRS) and the analytical software. And then, we obtained the cut-off values of VFV and IHL content in the metabolically normal Japanese subjects.
Second, we used these analytical methods of body fat, we found superior effect of the relatively low carbohydrate and high protein diet for body fat-specific reduction in the obese Japanese subjects compaing with the conventional normal balanced-diet.

Free Research Field

代謝・内分泌学