PMID- 9806313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981204 LR - 20191024 VI - 22 IP - 10 DP - 1998 Oct TI - The effect of covertly manipulating the energy density of mixed diets on ad libitum food intake in 'pseudo free-living' humans. PG - 980-7 AB - OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of covert alterations in the energy density (ED) of mixed, medium fat (MF) diets on ad libitum food and energy intake (EI), subjective hunger and body weight in humans. DESIGN: Randomised cross-over design. Subjects were each studied three times (factorial design), during 14d, throughout which they had ad libitum access to one of three covertly-manipulated MF diets. SUBJECTS: Six healthy men, mean age (s.e.m.) = 30.0 y (12.76 y), mean weight = 71.67 kg (19.80 kg); mean height = 1.79 m (0.22 m), body mass index (BMI) = 22.36 (2.60) kg/m2, were studied. The fat, carbohydrate (CHO) and protein in each diet (as a proportion of the total energy) and energy density (ED) were, low-ED (LED), 38:49:13%; 373 kJ/100 g; medium-ED (MED), 40:47:13%; 549 kJ/100 g; high-ED (HED), 39:48:13%; 737 kJ/100 g. Subjects could alter the amount but not the composition of foods eaten. They were resident in (but not confined to) a metabolic suite throughout the study. RESULTS: Solid food intake decreased as ED increased, giving mean values of 2.84, 2.51 and 2.31 kg/d, respectively. This was insufficient to defend energy balance, since energy intake increased with increasing ED (F(2,10) 16.08; P < 0.001) giving mean intakes of 10.12, 12.80 and 16.17 MJ/d, respectively. Rated pleasantness of food (measured on visual analogue scales) was not significantly different between diets nor was subjective hunger different between the LED, MED and HED diets, respectively. Diet significantly affected body weight (F(2,10) = 4.62; P = 0.038), producing changes of -1.20, 0.02 and 0.95 kg, respectively, by day 14. CONCLUSION: Dietary ED can influence EI and body weight, since changes in amount eaten alone are insufficient to defend energy balance, when subjects feed on unfamiliar diets and diet selection is precluded. Comparison with our previous studies suggest that there was compensation in solid food intake when ED was altered using mixed diets (as in this study) compared to previous studies which primarily used fat or CHO to alter dietary ED. FAU - Stubbs, R J AU - Stubbs RJ AD - The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UK. FAU - Johnstone, A M AU - Johnstone AM FAU - O'Reilly, L M AU - O'Reilly LM FAU - Barton, K AU - Barton K FAU - Reid, C AU - Reid C LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord JT - International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity JID - 9313169 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Appetite MH - Body Mass Index MH - *Body Weight MH - Cross-Over Studies MH - *Diet MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage MH - Dietary Fats/*administration & dosage MH - Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage MH - *Energy Intake MH - Humans MH - *Hunger MH - Male EDAT- 1998/11/07 00:00 MHDA- 1998/11/07 00:01 CRDT- 1998/11/07 00:00 PHST- 1998/11/07 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/11/07 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/11/07 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800715 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1998 Oct;22(10):980-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800715.