Dietary Carbohydrate and Internal Body Fat (CARBFUNC)

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This is a 2-year randomized controlled trial to test the effect of dietary carbohydrates, both quality and quantity, on changes in internal body fat mass. Up to 250 women and men with obesity are recruited in Bergen, Norway, and randomized to one of the following normo- and isocaloric dietary patterns (same amount of protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids and moderate energy, 2,000 - 2,500 kcal per day): 1) a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet primarily with refined (e.g., flour-based) carbohydrate sources, 2) a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet based on minimally refined (e.g., cellular) carbohydrate sources, and 3) a very-high-fat low-carbohydrate diet.