Vegetarian Diets and Weight Reduction: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

• Published in: Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 109 - 116
• Main Authors: Huang, Ru-Yi, Huang, Chuan-Chin, Hu, Frank B., Chavarro, Jorge E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropometry; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body weight; Body weight loss; Clinical trials; Confidence intervals; Demographics; Diet; Diet, Vegetarian; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Obesity; Obesity - diet therapy; Obesity - physiopathology; Overweight; Population number; Population studies; Quality assessment; Randomization; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Review Paper; Subgroups; Vegan; Vegetarian diet; Vegetarianism; Weight control; Weight Loss; Weight reduction; Energy restriction; Obesity; Vegan diet; Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet; Overweight

ABSTRACT Background Vegetarian diets may promote weight loss, but evidence remains inconclusive. Methods PubMed, EMBASE and UpToDate databases were searched through September 22, 2014, and investigators extracted data regarding study characteristics and assessed study quality among selected randomiz...