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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION
Volume 57, Issue 1-2, Pages 97-106Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09637480600658369
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night snacking; obesity; ready-to-eat cereal; body mass index; weight management
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The objectives of this study were to examine whether providing a structured post-dinner snack would enhance weight loss among obese night snackers participating in a novel partial meal replacement (PMR) program and to examine the efficacy of that program. Sixty adults (age 18-65 years; body mass index >= 30 kg/m(2)), 29 randomized to the 'post-dinner snack' and 32 to the 'no snack' groups, completed the 8-week program. Both groups showed improvements in weight (-4.23 kg, P < 0.0001), body mass index (-1.48 kg/m(2), P < 0.0001), body fat (-1.36%, P < 00.0001), waist circumference (-6.40 cm, P < 0.0001), and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (-2.72 mmol/l, P < 0.01), and on a night snacking question (-1.31, P < 0.0001). The 'post-dinner snack' group did not show significantly greater weight loss outcomes than the 'no snack' group either before or after taking compliance into consideration. Providing a structured post-dinner snack along with a PMR program did not enhance weight loss treatment outcomes; however, the PMR program produced beneficial weight loss changes for obese night snackers.
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