ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Plant-Based Diet as a Strategy for Weight Control.
Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Plant-Based Diets on Markers of Insulin Sensitivity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Cardiovascular health and cancer risk associated with plant based diets: An umbrella review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of Plant-Based Diets on Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Markers in Adults: An Umbrella Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Consumption and Weight Change and Obesity Risk Among Consumers of Plant-Based Diets: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Nutrition AssociationPooled it
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- Effect of Plant-Based Diets on Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Functions.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Vegan and Plant-Based Diets in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome: A Narrative Review from Anti-Inflammatory and Antithrombotic Perspectives.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Nutrient Intakes in Vegans, Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians, Orthodox Fasters, and Omnivores in Russia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Explanatory AI Predicts the Diet Adopted Based on Nutritional and Lifestyle Habits in the Spanish Population.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
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- Vegetarian dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention: An umbrella review of systematic reviews.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Review
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- Can Non-farm Employment Improve Dietary Diversity of Left-Behind Family Members in Rural China?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Obesity, Dietary Patterns, and Hormonal Balance Modulation: Gender-Specific Impacts.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Ecdysterone and Turkesterone-Compounds with Prominent Potential in Sport and Healthy Nutrition.Nutrients · 2024Review
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- Spatial Barriers to Transforming toward a Healthy Food System in the Noreste of Mexico.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Nutri-Score of Meat, Fish, and Dairy Alternatives: A Comparison between the Old and New Algorithm.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, obesity has nearly tripled since the 1970s. Obesity and overweight are major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, inflammatory-mediated diseases, and other serious medical conditions. Moreover, recent data suggest that obesity, overweight, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are risk factors for COVID-19-related mortality. Different strategies for weight control have been introduced over the last two decades. Unfortunately, these strategies have shown little effect. At the same time, many studies show that plants might be the key to a successful strategy for weight control. Following the PRISMA guidelines for conducting systematic reviews, a search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase using the following keywords: obesity, globesity, vegan, plant-based diet, etc. Our results show that vegan diets are associated with improved gut microbiota symbiosis, increased insulin sensitivity, activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, and over-expression of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins. The key features of this diet are reduced calorie density and reduced cholesterol intake. The combination of these two factors is the essence of the efficiency of this approach to weight control. Our data suggest that plant-based/vegan diets might play a significant role in future strategies for reducing body weight.
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