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Reply to R Baschetti

International Journal of Obesity volume 24, page 1543 (2000)Cite this article

In the letter by Dr Baschetti it is claimed that the increase in leptin ‘was not so much due to a sucrose-rich diet, but simply due to the fact that sucrose was mostly consumed in unphysiological forms, namely in solid form or in concentrations exceeding 4.18 MJ/1.’ Dr Baschetti is not correct in this statement since most of the sucrose in our diets was supplied by drinks (fruit sirup and soft drinks) whereas little of the sucrose came from dried fruits and confectioneries. Dr Baschetti is kindly referred to our first paper from this study in which the diet and food items were described in more detail.1 The energy density of the drinks was less than 2 kJ/g.

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  1. Raben A, Macdonald I, Astrup A . Replacement of dietary fat by sucrose or starch: effects on 14 day ad libitum energy intake, energy expenditure and body weight in formerly obese and never-obese subjects Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1997 21: 846–859.

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  1. Department of Human Nutrition, RVAU, Rolighedsvej 30, Frederiksberg C, DK-1958, Denmark

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Raben, A., Astrup, A. Reply to R Baschetti. Int J Obes 24, 1543 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801455

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