ABSTRACT
Body Weight Control, Carbohydrate Metabolism, and Lipid Profi le Joanna Bajerska1,* and Sylwia Mildner-Szkudlarz2
Over the past several decades, the incidence of overweight and obesity has increased worldwide to epidemic proportions. Based on the latest available data, more than half (52%) of the adult population in the European Union are overweight or obese (WHO 2010). Obesity is a predisposing factor for the development of type-2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Weight loss reduces the risk of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis through favorable changes in blood pressure, blood lipids, and lipoprotein, as well as in insulin levels (Dattilo and Kris-Etherton 1992). However, the perception of the general public is that weight loss therapy, with its calorie-restricted diets, is diffi cult to implement, and the concomitant increase of physical activity level is diffi cult to achieve (Wing and Hill 2001). Therefore
1 Poznań University of Life Sciences,Department of Human Nutrition and Hygiene, Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637, Poznań, Poland.
