Does A High – Protein Diet Improve Weight Loss In Overweight And Obese

Does a High – Protein Diet Improve Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese

Children?” ---------- The title is accurate and reflects the article’s

main purpose and study.

• Abstract – Briefly explains the objective, Research methods

and Procedures, Results and Discussion. The abstract is short and

summarized and gives a reader an idea about what the article is about.

The study is taking place at a weight loss camp and weight loss is

being measured by comparing the obese subjects’ anthropometry, body

composition, subjective appetite, and mood sensations.

• Introduction – This article shows that they are targeting

young children with a problem of obesity because it is a lot easier to

change children’s lifestyle then it is of an adult. Increasing

physical activity with restricted diet shows that many children

especially adults are left hungry causing them to over eat. This

negative energy imbalance certainly does not help in weight loss. High

Protein diet impedes the drive to over eat in two ways. The first is

that protein intake increases energy expenditure through greater diet –

induced thermogenesis. The second is that high protein intake greatly

increases the satiety feeling when