Philippine Consensus Statement on the use of Ketogenic Diet and Intermittent Fasting Diet for Weight Reduction
A group of experts from the various medical societies, nutritionists, dietitians and the lay convened to come up with consensus statements on the burning on the use of KD and IF for weight reduction. The group gathered pieces of evidence from clinical trials and from experiences in their respective fields. The moderators collated and summarized all these evidences to come up with proposed statements and presented them to the group for consensus voting. The group adapted the Modified Delphi technique wherein a 75% vote (6 out of 8) was determined to carry out with the statements. During the process, all the experts agreed on all these recommendations.
