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Composition of HMR Meal Replacements and Use in Weight Management

A low-fat afterschool snack improves the nutritional quality of elementary school children’s diets. J Am Diet Assoc 2002;102:707–709.
Use of a low-fat, fortified HMR ice cream product three days a week for four weeks resulted in improved nutritional quality of elementary school children’s diet, including increased protein, calcium, iron, and decreased fat.

Effects of resistance vs. aerobic training combined with an 800 calorie liquid diet on lean body mass and resting metabolic rate. J Am Coll Nutr 1999;18:115–121.
The addition of an intensive, high volume resistance training program resulted in preservation of lean body weight and resting metabolic rate during weight loss with a very low-calorie diet using HMR meal replacements.

Effect of diet and exercise on quality of life and fitness parameters among obese individuals. JEP online 1999;2 (no. 2).
Individuals who participated in an aerobic or resistance training program while using a very low-calorie diet of HMR meal replacements experienced a greater quality of life than control patients.

Protein metabolism during weight reduction with very-low-energy diets: evaluation of the independent effects of protein and carbohydrate on protein sparing. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62:93–103.
Carbohydrate and protein were found to have independent but additive protein-sparing effects during weight reduction.

Very-low-calorie diet with concurrent versus delayed and sequential exercise. Int J Obes 1994;18:469–475.
No advantage was found for delaying the onset of an exercise regimen during weight loss with a very low-calorie diet (VCLD) using HMR meal replacements. Exercise, therefore, can be started concurrently with a VLCD.

Influence of degree of obesity on loss of fat-free mass during very-low-energy diets. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;60:874–878.
This study examined data from women who lost an average of 46 lbs. using HMR meal replacements for 12 weeks. It was found that an increased level of obesity does not provide protection against the loss of fat-free mass compared to lesser degrees of obesity.

Muscle hypertrophy with large-scale weight loss and resistance training. Am J Clin Nutr 1993;58:561–565.
Weight training prevented muscle wasting during a very low-calorie diet using HMR meal replacements that obtained large-scale weight losses.

Effects of a very-low-calorie diet and physical-training regimens on body composition and resting metabolic rate in obese females. Am J Clin Nutr 1991;54:56–61.
No differences were found in the effects of exercise combined with a very low-calorie (VLCD) diet using HMR meal replacements compared to a VLCD alone in terms of preserving fat-free mass.

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