Review Article
Physiopathology and Treatment of Obesity and Overweight: A Proposal for a New Anorectic
Table 1
Main advantages and disadvantages of caloric restriction and fasting dietary approaches for obesity.
| Dietary regimen | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Caloric restriction | (i) Low risk of macronutrients deficit (ii) Long-term effect (iii) Possibility to graduate restriction | (i) No measure to check compliance (ii) Long time needed for effect (iii) Need for intensive patient engagement |
| Intermittent fasting | (i) Low risk of macronutrients deficit (ii) Fast effect (iii) No need for laboratory monitoring | (i) Interindividual variability (ii) Lack of measures for compliance control (iii) Risk of dehydration (iv) Sustained effect lacking |
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