Greater improvements in diet quality among overweight participants following a group-based commercial weight loss programme than those receiving support to lose weight in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relatively little is known about dietary changes and their relationships with weight change during behavioural weight loss interventions. In a secondary analysis of data from a multicentre RCT, we investigated whether greater improvements in diet would be achieved by overweight adults following a 12 month group-based commercial weight loss programme (CP) than those receiving standard care (SC) in primary practice, and if these dietary changes were associated with greater weight loss.

Methods

Adults with a BMI 27-35 kg/m² and >1 risk factor for obesity-related disorders were recruited in study centres in Australia and the UK during 2007-2008. Dietary intake and body weight were measured at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Linear mixed effects models compared m

SUBMITTER: Ambrosini GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6032789 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature