Meat better for weight loss than high-carbohydrate diet

A MEAT diet improves weight loss, a leading Danish scientist told the European Meat Forum in Dublin yesterday.

Warning of rising levels of obesity in Ireland, Dr Arne Astrup, professor of human nutrition, told delegates at the Bord Bia-organised conference that people on low-carbohydrate diets lost more weight and were more successful at keeping weight down than those on high-carbohydrate diets.

Prof Astrup, the current president elect of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, said the principal causes of obesity are the starches and flours that make up the major part of most diets.