Asima Malik, Tasneem Majid, Nargis Rehana Malik, Nasim Akhtar.
A study to assess the effect of diet restriction on Lipid level in Obese subjects.
J Surg Pak Jan ;8(2):11-3.

Both over weight and obesity should be regarded as a potential health hazard. Purpose of this study was use to evaluate weight reduction and blood lipid profile after one and three months of diet regimen in slimming clinics. Fifty obese subjects of both genders (age between 35 to 50 years) were randomly selected from the British Slimming Clinic in Lahore. Their lipid profile including total lipid, cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) were analysed twice by standard kit method (Merck and Bohringer). Blood samples were taken, first at the time of joining the clinic and then after three months. It was observed that lipids level (total lipids, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL-chol) except the level of the HDL chol was decreased in male subjects. Whereas in female obese subjects the lipids level except the level of LDL-chol were significantly decreased. It is therefore concluded that changes in diet from high saturated fat diet, high caloric, high cholesterol and high carbohydrate diet would be advantageous for an individual as it lessens the weight and decrease the risk of obesity related disease.

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