[Studies of metabolism of overweight children before and during weight reducing diet applied some weeks (author's transl)].

Abstract

32 overweight and otherwise healthy children aged 8--15 years received a hypocaloric assorted diet for some weeks. Their weight loss was satisfactory, and as expected most considerable in the beginning. Before and during dieting a great number of investigations were carried out concerning the changes of metabolism and blood counts. This was done in weekly intervals. By means of the resulting parameters the changes of metabolism during dieting are discussed.