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Meal Replacements Tip Scales In Favor of Weight Loss Maintenance.
2001 AUG 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Obese women who participated in dietitian- or physician office-led weight loss programs were better able to maintain weight loss if meal replacements were part of the program, researchers in the United States have found.
"Lifestyle changes involving diet, behavior, and physical activity are the cornerstone of successful weight control," wrote J.M. Ashley and colleagues in Archives of Internal Medicine. "Incorporating meal replacements (1-2 per day) into traditional lifestyle interventions may offer an additional strategy for overweight patients in the primary care setting."
The researchers evaluated 74 overweight women (body mass index 30[+ or -]3 kg/[m.sup.2]) who completed a one-year study comprising 26 sessions. The women had been randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) dietitian-led group intervention (one hour per session), (2) dietitian-led group intervention with meal replacements (one hour per session), or (3) primary care office intervention involving physician or nurse visits with meal replacements (10-15 minutes per visit).
The primary care office intervention using meal replacements was as effective as the traditional dietitian-led group intervention not using meal replacements (mean weight loss, 4.3% [+ or -] 6.5% vs. 4.1% [+ or -] 6.4%, respectively), reported Ashley and coworkers. However, within the dietitian-led groups, women using meal replacements maintained a significantly greater weight loss (9.1% [+ or -] 8.9% vs. 4.1% [+ or -] 6.4%).
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