"A habitual energy imbalance of about 50-100 kcal/day may be sufficient to cause the gradual weight gain seen in most persons. This means that unintended weight gain occurs easily, but also that modest, sustained changes in lifestyle could mitigate or reverse such an energy imbalance," the researchers noted.
The National Institutes of Health and the Searle Scholars Program supported the study. Dr. Mozaffarian and his associates reported ties to Nutrition Impact, Foodminds, Aramark, Unilever, SPRIM, UpToDate, GlaxoSmithKline, Sigma-Tau, Pronova, Amgen, the Institute of Food Technologies, Merck, and the California Walnut Commission.