Metabolic response to fasting predicts weight gain during low-protein overfeeding in lean men : further evidence for spendthrift and thrifty metabolic phenotypes

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition 2019..

BACKGROUND: Greater increase in 24-h energy expenditure (24EE) during overfeeding and smaller decrease in 24EE during fasting ("spendthrift" metabolic phenotype) are associated with more weight loss during sustained caloric restriction in overweight subjects.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate whether these acute metabolic responses can also predict weight gain during sustained overfeeding in lean individuals.

METHODS: Seven lean men participated in this study. Prior to overfeeding, 24EE responses to fasting and 200% normal-protein overfeeding were measured in a whole-room indirect calorimeter. Volunteers underwent 6 wk of 150% low-protein (2%) overfeeding followed by another wk of weight-maintaining diet, during which 24EE was revaluated. Body composition, 24EE, and various hormone concentrations, including fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), were assessed at baseline, at wk 1, 3, and 6 of the overfeeding period, and 1 wk following overfeeding through the use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, indirect calorimetry, and ELISA. Cumulative energy surplus was calculated from 24EE, daily physical activity, and direct measurements of calories of nutrient intake, feces, and urine by bomb calorimetry.

RESULTS: The average weight gain during 6 wk of low-protein overfeeding was 3.8 kg (6.1%, min: +2.5%, max: +8.0%). During 24-h fasting at baseline, 24EE decreased on average (mean ± SD) by 158 ± 81 kcal/d (P = 0.007). Subjects with less 24EE decrease during fasting (more metabolically spendthrift individuals) gained less weight (r = -0.84, P = 0.03), less fat mass (r = -0.81, P = 0.049), and stored less calories (r = -0.91, P = 0.03) during overfeeding. Following overfeeding, increased 24EE above requirements for achieved body size was associated with less weight and fat mass gain (r = -0.78, P = 0.04) and with the increase in 24EE during 200% normal-protein overfeeding measured at baseline (r = 0.91, P = 0.005). Serum FGF21 concentrations increased up to 44-fold during overfeeding (P <  0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: Low-protein overfeeding may be an important tool to identify metabolic phenotypes (spendthrift compared with thrifty) that characterize susceptibility to weight gain. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00687115.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):542-543. - PMID 31172166

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:110

Enthalten in:

The American journal of clinical nutrition - 110(2019), 3 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 593-604

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hollstein, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Ando, Takafumi [VerfasserIn]
Basolo, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Krakoff, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Votruba, Susanne B [VerfasserIn]
Piaggi, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

62031-54-3
Adaptive thermogenesis
Bomb calorimetry
FGF21
Fibroblast Growth Factors
Fibroblast growth factor 21
Journal Article
Leptin
Low-protein overfeeding
Metabolic adaptation
Metabolic phenotype
Obesity
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Spendthrift
Thrifty

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Date Completed 24.03.2020

Date Revised 14.02.2023

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00687115

CommentIn: Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):542-543. - PMID 31172166

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ajcn/nqz062

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297893874