The Analysis of High Caloric Diets in Relation to Weight Changes

Article1 August 1933THE ANALYSIS OF HIGH CALORIC DIETS IN RELATION TO WEIGHT CHANGESJ. M. STRANG, M.D., A. B. COX, B.S.J. M. STRANG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. B. COX, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-2-152 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor a period of four years, we have studied the treatment by dietary measures of patients who were underweight. The principles underlying this treatment and the clinical results have been summarized in a previous paper.6 Eighteen patients were studied on the metabolic pavilion of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for periods varying from two to 13 weeks. On 16 subjects of this series the detailed data of the food taken in are sufficiently complete to permit analysis. The analysis of these diets with reference to the weight changes which were observed forms the subject of this present study.METHODSThe methods...Bibliography1. ATWATERBRYANT WCAP: The chemical composition of American food materials, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bull. No. 28, 1906, p. 19. Google Scholar2. COLEMANDUBOIS WEF: The influence of the high calorie diet on the respiratory exchanges in typhoid fever, Arch. Int. Med., 1914, xiv, 168-209. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FRIEDENWALDRUHRAH JJ: Diet in health and disease, 1926, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. MITCHELLCARMAN HHGG: The composition of the gains in weight and the utilization of food energy in growing rats, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1926, lxxvi, 398-410. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SHERMAN HC: Food products, 1921, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar6. STRANGEVANS JMFA: Undernutrition and its treatment by adequate diet, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vii, 45-63. Google Scholar7. STRANGMCCLUGAGEBROWNLEE JMHBMA: Nitrogen metabolism during the dietary correction of undernutrition. (In press.) Google Scholar8. WALLER DS: Nutritive value of food materials, Univ. of Mich. Hosp., 1928. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication November 11, 1932. From the Medical Service of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1933Volume 7, Issue 2Page: 152-164KeywordsDietFoodMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...