Trial reportEating and weight disorders : EWD2012
Diet type and changes in food cravings following weight loss: findings from the POUNDS LOST Trial.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dietary protein and appetite sensations in individuals with overweight and obesity: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 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
- Extended calorie restriction suppresses overall and specific food cravings: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
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- Changes in Food Cravings and Eating Behavior after a Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction Intervention Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- A Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness and Adherence of Modified Alternate-day Calorie Restriction in Improving Activity of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
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- Frequency of Consuming Foods Predicts Changes in Cravings for Those Foods During Weight Loss: The POUNDS Lost Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017Trial
- Markers of dietary protein intake are associated with successful weight loss in the POUNDS Lost trial.Clinical obesity · 2017Trial
- Mediterranean diet adherence and its associations with hedonic hunger, diet quality, and obesity in Turkish adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Beyond Sex Differences: Body Composition and Dietary Behaviors.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Beyond general food craving: sex differences in food-specific craving identified using item response theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Waist Circumference and Its Association With Premenstrual Food Craving: The PHASE Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Lessons Learned from the POUNDS Lost Study: Genetic, Metabolic, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Changes in Body Weight, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Risk.Current obesity reports · 2019Review
- Food cravings and body weight: a conditioning response.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2018Review
- Impact of food craving and calorie intake on body mass index (BMI) changes during an 18-month behavioral weight loss trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- Physiological adaptations to weight loss and factors favouring weight regain.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2015Review
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Abstract
Few well-controlled trials have evaluated the effects that macronutrient composition has on changes in food cravings during weight loss treatment. The present study, which was part of the Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS LOST) trial, investigated whether the fat and protein content of four different diets affected changes in specific food cravings in overweight and obese adults. A sample of 811 adults were recruited across two clinical sites, and each participant was randomly assigned to one of four macronutrient prescriptions: 1) low fat (20% of energy), average protein (15% of energy); 2) moderate fat (40%), average protein (15%); 3) low fat (20%), high protein (25%); 4) moderate fat (40%), high protein (25%). With few exceptions, the type of diet that participants were assigned did not differentially affect changes in specific food cravings. Participants assigned to the high-fat diets, however, had reduced cravings for carbohydrates at month 12 (p<0.05) and fruits and vegetables at month 24. Also, participants assigned to high-protein diets had increased cravings for sweets at month 6 and month 12 (ps<0.05). Participants in all four dietary conditions reported significant reductions in food cravings for specific types of foods (i.e., high fat foods, fast food fats, sweets, and carbohydrates/starches; all ps<0.05). Cravings for fruits and vegetables, however, were increased at month 24 (p<0.05). Calorically restricted diets (regardless of their macronutrient composition) yielded significant reductions in cravings for fats, sweets, and starches whereas cravings for fruits and vegetables were increased.
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