Authors
Bradley C Johnston, Steve Kanters, Kristofer Bandayrel, Ping Wu, Faysal Naji, Reed A Siemieniuk, Geoff DC Ball, Jason W Busse, Kristian Thorlund, Gordon Guyatt, Jeroen P Jansen, Edward J Mills
Publication date
2014/9/3
Journal
Jama
Volume
312
Issue
9
Pages
923-933
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
Many claims have been made regarding the superiority of one diet or another for inducing weight loss. Which diet is best remains unclear.
Objective
To determine weight loss outcomes for popular diets based on diet class (macronutrient composition) and named diet.
Data Sources
Search of 6 electronic databases: AMED, CDSR, CENTRAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, and MEDLINE from inception of each database to April 2014.
Study Selection
Overweight or obese adults (body mass index ≥25) randomized to a popular self-administered named diet and reporting weight or body mass index data at 3-month follow-up or longer.
Data Extraction and Synthesis
Two reviewers independently extracted data on populations, interventions, outcomes, risk of bias, and quality of evidence. A Bayesian framework was used to perform a series of random-effects network meta-analyses with meta-regression to estimate the …
Scholar articles
BC Johnston, S Kanters, K Bandayrel, P Wu, F Naji… - Jama, 2014