The effectiveness of breakfast recommendations on weight loss: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breakfast is associated with lower body weight in observational studies. Public health authorities commonly recommend breakfast consumption to reduce obesity, but the effectiveness of adopting these recommendations for reducing body weight is unknown.

Objective

We tested the relative effectiveness of a recommendation to eat or skip breakfast on weight loss in adults trying to lose weight in a free-living setting.

Design

We conducted a multisite, 16-wk, 3-parallel-arm randomized controlled trial in otherwise healthy overweight and obese adults [body mass index (in kg/m²) between 25 and 40] aged 20-65 y. Our primary outcome was weight change. We compared weight change in a control group with weight loss in experimental groups told to eat breakfast or to skip

SUBMITTER: Dhurandhar EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4095657 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature