A Review of Plant-Based Diets for Obesity Management
Authors' conclusion
PBDs result in significant weight loss and improve metabolic outcomes. PBDs offer a sustainable approach to long-term weight loss maintenance. Health care providers should encourage open discussions with their patients regarding their dietary habits to assist them in setting feasible lifestyle goals and consider shared medical appointments to support patients in transitioning to PBDs.
Study context
- Population
- Patients who are overweight or obese27 trials
- Comparison
- Plant-based diet for obesity
- Outcome
- Weight loss
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Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Weight loss in intervention trials
Trials showing significant increase in weight loss or decrease in weight with intervention
75%
Average weight change (range −1.8 to −12.1 kg)
−5.0 kg
Further findings
Other outcomes in intervention trials
- Energy intake
- −420 Kcal/d
- Systolic blood pressure
- −3.78 mmHg
- FPG
- −2.0 mmol/L
- HbA1c
- −0.5%, −3.4 mmol/L
- Total cholesterol
- −0.40 mmol/L
- LDL
- −0.38 mmol/L
- TG
- +0.13 mmol/L
- Fiber intake
- +10.8 g/d
Meta-analyses (9168 participants, 61 trials)
- Average weight loss (range −2.02 kg to −4.1 kg)
- −2.9 kg
- BMI reduction and improvements in HbA1c, LDL and total cholesterol
Original publication
A Review of Plant-Based Diets for Obesity Management. Endocr Pract. Published 8 May 2024. doi:10.
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