Researchers in the study suggest that just half a serving (14 g or ½ oz) of nuts a day contributes to staving off weight gain due to the aging process. They analyzed the weight, diet, and physical activity of 289,915 participants (split into three groups) over more than 20 years, explicitly asking how often they ate a serving of nuts over the previous year.
Between 1986 and 2011, daily nut consumption slowly rose across all three groups. The average annual weight gain across all three came at 0.71 lb, 30% less than the average 1lb a year in the US.
Overall, increasing any nut consumption correlated with less long-term weight gain while increasing nut consumption by half a serving a day lowered the chances of permanently putting on more than 4 lbs in four years.
See https://www.youbeauty.com/nutrition/new-study-concludes-nuts-do-stave-off-weight-gain/ and a summary of the study at https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/boosting-daily-nut-consumption-linked-to-less-weight-gain-and-lower-obesity-risk/
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#^New Study Concludes Nuts DO Stave Off Weight Gain – YouBeauty
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