Changes in intake of plant-based diets and weight change: results from 3 prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have found beneficial effects of plant-based diets on weight. However, not all plant foods are necessarily beneficial.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to examine associations of changes in intake of 3 variations of plant-based diet indices (overall, healthful, and unhealthful) with weight change over 4-y intervals spanning >20 y.

Methods

Data from 3 ongoing prospective observational cohort studies in the United States were used, namely the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), NHS2, and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS), with 126,982 adult men and women. Self-reported diet data were collected every 4 y, and self-reported weight data were used to compute weight change every 4 y over >20 y of follow-up.

Results

On average, participants

SUBMITTER: Satija A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6735841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature