ArticleFood & nutrition research2012
Dietary macronutrients and food consumption as determinants of long-term weight change in adult populations: a systematic literature review.
Article in Food & nutrition research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
92 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 213 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consumption of Nuts and Seeds and Health Outcomes Including Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, Cancer, and Mortality: An Umbrella Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Dietary fibre and incidence of type 2 diabetes in eight European countries: the EPIC-InterAct Study and a meta-analysis of prospective studies.Diabetologia · 2015Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Effects of Mixed Nut Consumption on Blood Glucose, Insulin, Satiety, and the Microbiome in a Healthy Population: A Pilot Study.Journal of medicinal food · 2023Trial
- Effects of intermittent versus continuous energy restriction for weight loss on diet quality and eating behavior. A randomized trial.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Trial
- Impact of lifestyle behavior change on glycemic control in youth with type 2 diabetes.Pediatric diabetes · 2018 · on this mapTrial
- Common questions and misconceptions about diets: what does the scientific evidence really show?Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Review
- The Dietary Protein Source Modulates Obesity Development and Induces Distinct Plasma Lipid Profiles and Transcriptome Profiles in Liver and Adipose Tissue.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Article
- Clock Gene Variants Are Associated with Energy and Macronutrient Intake in Early Childhood and Adulthood.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The Emerging Role of the Gut Microbiome in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation: A New Novel Therapeutic Strategy?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Dietary Patterns of Healthy Underweight Individuals Compared to Normal-BMI Individuals Using Photographic Food Diaries.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Exploring metabolic syndrome and dietary quality in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- [Dietary Management of Obesity].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2024Review
- Precision Nutrition Unveiled: Gene-Nutrient Interactions, Microbiota Dynamics, and Lifestyle Factors in Obesity Management.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Adherence to dietary guidelines, and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: results from a nested case-control study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Nuts and seeds - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Different carbohydrate exposures and weight gain-results from a pooled analysis of three population-based studies.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Article
- The Relationship between the Source of Dietary Animal Fats and Proteins and the Gut Microbiota Condition and Obesity in Humans.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Energy - a scoping review for the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 project.Food & nutrition research · 2023Article
- Trends in Food Group Intake According to Body Size among Young Japanese Women: The 2001-2019 National Health and Nutrition Survey.Nutrients · 2022Article
32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This systematic literature review examined the role of dietary macronutrient composition, food consumption and dietary patterns in predicting weight or waist circumference (WC) change, with and without prior weight reduction. The literature search covered year 2000 and onwards. Prospective cohort studies, case-control studies and interventions were included. The studies had adult (18-70 y), mostly Caucasian participants. Out of a total of 1,517 abstracts, 119 full papers were identified as potentially relevant. After a careful scrutiny, 50 papers were quality graded as A (highest), B or C. Forty-three papers with grading A or B were included in evidence grading, which was done separately for all exposure-outcome combinations. The grade of evidence was classified as convincing, probable, suggestive or no conclusion. We found probable evidence for high intake of dietary fibre and nuts predicting less weight gain, and for high intake of meat in predicting more weight gain. Suggestive evidence was found for a protective role against increasing weight from whole grains, cereal fibre, high-fat dairy products and high scores in an index describing a prudent dietary pattern. Likewise, there was suggestive evidence for both fibre and fruit intake in protection against larger increases in WC. Also suggestive evidence was found for high intake of refined grains, and sweets and desserts in predicting more weight gain, and for refined (white) bread and high energy density in predicting larger increases in WC. The results suggested that the proportion of macronutrients in the diet was not important in predicting changes in weight or WC. In contrast, plenty of fibre-rich foods and dairy products, and less refined grains, meat and sugar-rich foods and drinks were associated with less weight gain in prospective cohort studies. The results on the role of dietary macronutrient composition in prevention of weight regain (after prior weight loss) were inconclusive.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.