Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Weight Change Over 7 Years

Obesity in the United States has increased dramatically during the past several decades. There is debate about optimum calorie balance for prevention of weight gain, and proponents of some low-carbohydrate diet regimens have suggested that the increasing obesity may be attributed, in part, to low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets.To report data on body weight in a long-term, low-fat diet trial for which the primary end points were breast and...