SynthesisNutrients2017
Effects of Popular Diets without Specific Calorie Targets on Weight Loss Outcomes: Systematic Review of Findings from Clinical Trials.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04646733 (Effect of a Low-carbohydrate, High-protein Ketogenic Diet on Weight and Body Composition), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Effect of a Low-carbohydrate, High-protein Ketogenic Diet on Weight and Body Composition: a Randomized Controlled Study
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of low-carbohydrate diet on glucose and lipid metabolism in overweight or obese patients with T2DM: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Scientific evidence supporting the newly developed one-health labeling tool "Med-Index": an umbrella systematic review on health benefits of mediterranean diet principles and adherence in a planeterranean perspective.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Guideline
- Long Term Weight Loss Diets and Obesity Indices: Results of a Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Comparison of dietary macronutrient patterns of 14 popular named dietary programmes for weight and cardiovascular risk factor reduction in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Strategies for Weight Loss Maintenance.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Immune-modulating effects of energy-restricted ketogenic diet in women with overweight and obesity: KETO-MINOX study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- The correlation between different lifestyles and body composition focuses on eating habits, nutritional status, and physical exercise components.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Review
- Association between cheese consumption but not other dairy products and lower obesity risk in adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Weight Loss Programs: Why Do They Fail? A Multidimensional Approach for Obesity Management.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Introduction to the dietary management of obesity in adults.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2023Review
- The Impacts of Animal-Based Diets in Cardiovascular Disease Development: A Cellular and Physiological Overview.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Review
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- Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Energetic and health effects of protein overconsumption constrain dietary adaptation in an apex predator.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Contribution of Foods Prepared Outside the Home to the Diets of 18- to 30-Year-Old Australians: The MYMeals Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Optimal Diet Strategies for Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2021Review
- Defining diet quality: a synthesis of dietary quality metrics and their validity for the double burden of malnutrition.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2020Review
- First Course DASH, Second Course Mediterranean: Comparing Renal Outcomes for Two "Heart-Healthy" Diets.Current hypertension reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
The present review examined the evidence base for current popular diets, as listed in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report, on short-term (≤six months) and long-term (≥one year) weight loss outcomes in overweight and obese adults. For the present review, all diets in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report Rankings for "Best Weight-Loss Diets", which did not involve specific calorie targets, meal replacements, supplementation with commercial products, and/or were not categorized as "low-calorie" diets were examined. Of the 38 popular diets listed in the U.S. News & World Report, 20 met our pre-defined criteria. Literature searches were conducted through PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science using preset key terms to identify all relevant clinical trials for these 20 diets. A total of 16 articles were identified which reported findings of clinical trials for seven of these 20 diets: (1) Atkins; (2) Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH); (3) Glycemic-Index; (4) Mediterranean; (5) Ornish; (6) Paleolithic; and (7) Zone. Of the diets evaluated, the Atkins Diet showed the most evidence in producing clinically meaningful short-term (≤six months) and long-term (≥one-year) weight loss. Other popular diets may be equally or even more effective at producing weight loss, but this is unknown at the present time since there is a paucity of studies on these diets.
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