Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Changes in Anthropometric Variables in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Randomized controlled trials provide conflicting results on the effects of increased fruit and vegetable consumption on changes in body weight. We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies on fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to changes in anthropometric measures.

Methods

PubMed and EMBASE were searched up to July 2015 for prospective studies reporting on habitual fruit and/or vegetable consumption in relation to changes in body weight or waist circumference or to risk of weight gain/overweight/obesity in adults. Random-effects meta-analysis was applied to pool results across studies.

Findings

Seventeen cohort studies (from 20 reports) including 563,277 participants met our inclusion criteria. Higher inta

SUBMITTER: Schwingshackl L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4608571 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature