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# High dietary fiber grain products prevent obesity
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/high_dietary_fiber_grain_products_prevent_obesity_0430140322/
- Published: 2014-04-30T16:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:47:06.000Z
- Description: Following 74,091 US nurses from 1984 to 1996, Simin Liu's team found women with the largest rise in dietary fiber intake gained 1.52 kg less than those with the smallest, and women in the top quintile of fiber intake were 49 percent less likely to have a major weight gain.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Wed. April 30, 2014 (foodconsumer.org) -- You may have known many weight loss diets you may use to prevent obesity including high fat diet, high protein diet and also high carb diet. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that whole grains with high dietary fiber can prevent weight gain.

Simin Liu from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts conducted the current study and found consumption of high dietary fiber grain products was associated with lower risk of developing obesity or experiencing a major weight gain.

Consumption of dietary fiber has already been recommended for the prevention of colorectal cancer. According to the study report, dietary fiber and grain products are also widely recommended to prevent obesity.

The current study was meant to examine the associations between consumption of dietary fiber and whole- or refined-grain products and weight gain over time.

For the study, 74,091 U.S. female nurses aged 38 to 63 years who were free of cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes mellitus at baseline in 1984 were followed from 1984 through 1996 for their dietary habits and weight changes.

Women who ate more whole grains weighed less than women who consumed less. During the 12-year follow-up, those with the greatest increase in intake of dietary fiber gained 1.52 kg less body weight than those with the smallest increase in dietary fiber intake.

Participants in the highest quintile of dietary fiber intake were 49% less likely to experience a major weight gain than those in the lowest quintile.

The study suggests that eating high dietary fiber grain products may help prevent obesity. (David Liu)

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