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JAMA Article Questions Low-Carbohydrate Diet Data; Children's Hospital Boston Launches Definitive Study on Low-Carbohydrate v. Low-Fat Diet.

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Byline: Children's Hospital Boston

BOSTON, April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- It has been widely reported that the incidence of obesity in the United States is epidemic, affecting approximately 50 percent of adults and 25 percent of children, yet dietary methods to address the epidemic have been entirely unsuccessful. In 1997, Children's Hospital Boston launched the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Clinic, which brings together specialists in nutrition, endocrinology, gastroenterology and behavioral medicine to study obesity and treat overweight children. The OWL Program is now recruiting 100 obese adolescents for a study designed to compare a reduced glycemic load diet with…

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