French S A, Jeffery R W
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015.
Health Psychol. 1994 May;13(3):195-212. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.13.3.195.
Concern has been raised that negative physiological and psychological effects of dieting may outweigh aesthetic and health benefits. This review of the literature concludes the following: (a) The measurement of dieting is an important unresolved issue; (b) current dieting, chronic dieting, desire to lose weight, specific weight control behaviors, and weight changes may have different effects on health and need to be distinguished; (c) dieting is usually not associated with nutritional deficiencies, adverse physiologic adaptations, severe psychological reactions, or the development of eating disorders; and (d) recommendations against weight loss efforts involving moderate changes in eating and exercise habits are not warranted.
人们担心节食对生理和心理产生的负面影响可能超过其在审美和健康方面带来的益处。对文献的综述得出以下结论：(a)节食的衡量是一个重要的未解决问题；(b)当前节食、长期节食、减肥欲望、特定的体重控制行为以及体重变化对健康可能有不同影响，需要加以区分；(c)节食通常与营养缺乏、不良生理适应、严重心理反应或饮食失调的发展无关；(d)不建议反对通过适度改变饮食和运动习惯来进行减肥努力。
