Evaluation of meal replacements and a home food environment intervention for long-term weight loss: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle change treatments for weight loss produce medically meaningful weight reductions, but lost weight is usually regained. Meal replacements (MRs) represent one avenue for improving long-term weight loss. Another, nutrition-focused approach involves having participants make specific changes in the energy density, composition, and structure of the foods in their personal food environments.

Objective

Three conditions were compared: behavior therapy (BT), BT plus MRs (BT+MR), and a nutrition-focused treatment aimed at modifying the home food environment (HFE).

Design

Overweight and obese individuals (n = 262) were randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 conditions. Treatment occurred in weekly groups for 6 mo and in biweekly groups for 6 mo. Assessments were con

SUBMITTER: Lowe MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972600 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature