Meal replacement shakes caused 5-year weight difference of 27.5 lbs in men, 24.5 lbs in women

Meal replacement shakes caused a dramatic difference in weight loss or weight gain over a 5-year period according to a 2000 paper.

Weight difference in men: -12.8 lbs vs +14.7 lbs, a difference of 27.5 lbs

The average weight loss in 50 men who used meal replacement shakes was 12.8 pounds after five years versus a weight gain of 14.7 pounds for a group of “142 matched male controls”.

This is a difference of 27.5 pounds for men.

Weight difference in men: -9.2 lbs vs +14.3 lbs, a difference of 23.5 lbs

The average weight loss in 84 women who used meal replacement shakes was 9.2 pounds after five years versus a weight gain of 14.3 pounds for a group of “247 female controls”.

This is a difference of 23.5 pounds for women.

“We compared 5-y weight changes of subjects after a self-managed meal-replacement weight-control program (MR) with that of matched control subjects in rural Wisconsin,” the paper noted.

“Healthy but overweight females (n = 108) and males (n = 50) received free products and weighed in twice a year from 1992 through 1997.”

“Weights from three area clinics were obtained from 1992 records for 528 healthy males and females, whose weights were again obtained in late 1997.”

“In addition, 1997 weights were obtained on 378 area males and females who reported their 1992 weight by questionnaire.”

“Three control subjects were then selected for each MR participant, matched for age (within 5 y), body mass index (within 2 kg/m(2)), sex, and race.”

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REFERENCE

Quinn Rothacker D. Five-year self-management of weight using meal replacements: Comparison with matched controls in rural wisconsin. Nutrition. 2000 May, 16(5):344-48.

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