Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2012
Effect of diet composition and weight loss on resting energy expenditure in the POUNDS LOST study.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04029532 (Factors Associated With Obesity in Adult Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Factors Associated With Obesity in Adult Women: Respiratory Exchange Ratio, Heart Rate Variation and Body Image
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of other macronutrient composition within high-protein diet on body composition and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review, pairwise, and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets and Intermittent Fasting on Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypertension Management: Consensus Statement of the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, Korean Diabetes Association, and Korean Society of Hypertension.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2022Pooled it
- Low-carbohydrate versus balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Long Term Weight Loss Diets and Obesity Indices: Results of a Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Associations between Genotype-Diet Interactions and Weight Loss-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of weight loss interventions--is there a difference between men and women: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015Pooled it
- Adaptive Thermogenesis After Hypocaloric Low-Carbohydrate Versus Low-Fat Diets in African American Women: A Secondary Analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
- Circulating thrifty microRNA is related to insulin sensitivity, adiposity, and energy metabolism in adults with overweight and obesity: the POUNDS Lost trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Trial
- Sleep Disturbance and Changes in Energy Intake and Body Composition During Weight Loss in the POUNDS Lost Trial.Diabetes · 2022Trial
- Adaptive thermogenesis after moderate weight loss: magnitude and methodological issues.European journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Changes in Gut Microbiota-Related Metabolites and Long-term Successful Weight Loss in Response to Weight-Loss Diets: The POUNDS Lost Trial.Diabetes care · 2018Trial
- Perfluoroalkyl substances and changes in body weight and resting metabolic rate in response to weight-loss diets: A prospective study.PLoS medicine · 2018Trial
- Markers of dietary protein intake are associated with successful weight loss in the POUNDS Lost trial.Clinical obesity · 2017Trial
- Thyroid hormones and changes in body weight and metabolic parameters in response to weight loss diets: the POUNDS LOST trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Trial
- Effects of carbohydrate quantity and glycemic index on resting metabolic rate and body composition during weight loss.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Trial
- An eHealth-Delivered Total Diet Replacement Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Remission: Single-Arm Pilot Study.JMIR diabetes · 2026Article
- Toward Precision Weight-Loss Dietary Interventions: Findings from the POUNDS Lost Trial.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Resting energy expenditure depends on energy intake during weight loss in people with obesity: a retrospective cohort study.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
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Abstract
Weight loss reduces energy expenditure, but it is unclear whether dietary macronutrient composition affects this reduction. We hypothesized that energy expenditure might be modulated by macronutrient composition of the diet. The Prevention of Obesity Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS) LOST study, a prospective, randomized controlled trial in 811 overweight/obese people who were randomized in a 2 × 2 design to diets containing 20en% or 40en% fat and 15en% or 25en% protein (diets with 65%, 55%, 45%, and 35% carbohydrate) provided the data to test this hypothesis. Resting energy expenditure (REE) was measured at baseline, 6, and 24 months using a ventilated hood. REE declined at 6 months by 99.5 ± 8.0 kcal/day in men and 55.2 ± 10.6 kcal/day in women during the first 6 months. This decline was related to the weight loss, and there was no difference between the diets. REE had returned to baseline by 24 months, but body weight was still 60% below baseline. Measured REE at 6 months was significantly lower than the predicted (-18.2 ± 6.7 kcal/day) and was the result of significant reductions from baseline in the low-fat diets (65% or 55% carbohydrate), but not in the high fat diet groups. By 24 months the difference had reversed with measured REE being slightly but significantly higher than predicted (21.8 ± 10.1 kcal/day). In conclusion, we found that REE fell significantly after weight loss but was not related to diet composition. Adaptive thermogenesis was evident at 6 months, but not at 24 months.
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