Annals of nutrition & metabolism
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January 2008
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of meal replacement on metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese subjects.
Our objective was to assess alterations in metabolic risk factors, body weight, fat mass and hormonal parameters following 6 weeks of lifestyle intervention with increased physical activity and either a meal-replacement regimen or a low calorie diet. ⋯ Our data suggest that even over a short period of time, a meal-replacement diet is more effective in reducing metabolic risk factors, insulin, and leptin, and in improving anthropometric measures than a fat-restricted low-calorie diet.