Effect of reducing total fat intake on body weight: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relation between total fat intake and body weight in adults and children.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to June 2010.

Inclusion criteria

Randomised controlled trials and cohort studies of adults or children that compared lower versus usual total fat intake and assessed the effects on measures of body fatness (body weight, body mass index, or waist circumference) after at least six months (randomised controlled trials) or one year (in cohorts). Randomised controlled trials with any intention to reduce weight in participants or confounded by additional medical or lifestyle interv

SUBMITTER: Hooper L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3516671 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature