ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2017
A Commercially Available Portion-Controlled Diet Program Is More Effective for Weight Loss than a Self-Directed Diet: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial.
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- Health coaching to encourage obese adults to enroll in commercially-available weight management programs: The path to health study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2019Trial
- Protocol for a pilot RCT investigating a weight loss navigation program for adults.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Obesity and malnutrition in children and adults: A clinical review.Obesity pillars · 2023Review
- Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults.Journal of obesity · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine changes in weight and related outcomes in response to a commercial weight loss program compared to a self-directed diet in adults with overweight or obesity.
designParticipants were randomly assigned [stratified by body mass index (BMI) and age] to a commercial weight loss program (
participantsPrimarily Caucasian (71%) women (
resultsData = mean (95% CI). At week 16, the commercial program group lost significantly more body weight [-5.9 (-7.5, -4.3) kg vs. -1.8 (-2.9, -0.8) kg; or -6.4 vs. -1.8% of initial body weight, respectively], fat mass [-4.4 (-5.7, -3.1) kg vs. -1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) kg] and total body circumference (chest + waist + hip + upper arm + thigh) [-16.9 (-21.5, -12.3) cm vs. -5.8 (-9.0, -2.6) cm] (
conclusionThe commercial program resulted in greater weight loss and improvements in body composition/anthropometric parameters compared to a self-directed DASH diet over a 16-week period. Some important limitations were that no objective measurements of dietary intake or physical activity were collected to potentially ascertain the independent or combined effects of these components on weight loss (or lack thereof). Additionally, future research is warranted in order to understand the effects of this program, and similar programs, on longer term changes in body weight, in particular weight loss maintenance, as weight regain is common following the cessation of a structured weight loss intervention.
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