A meta‐analysis of the effect of chromium supplementation on anthropometric indices of subjects with overweight or obesity

• Published in: Clinical obesity Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. e12313 - n/a
• Main Authors: Tsang, Catherine, Taghizadeh, Mohsen, Aghabagheri, Elahe, Asemi, Zatollah, Jafarnejad, Sadegh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anthropometry; BMI; Body composition; Body Composition - drug effects; Body fat; Body measurements; body weight; Chromium; Chromium - administration & dosage; Dietary Supplements - analysis; Female; Humans; Male; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - drug therapy; Obesity - physiopathology; Overweight - drug therapy; Overweight - physiopathology; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; systematic review; Weight control; Weight Loss - drug effects; body weight; meta-analysis; chromium; systematic review; BMI

Summary The role of chromium as a weight loss agent remains questionable, and although previous meta‐analyses findings have reported small reductions in body weight in individuals with overweight/obesity following chromium supplementation, there have been significant limitations with these findings....