J GEN INTERN MED
 2015
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3390-7
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Vegetarian Diets and Weight Reduction: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Ruyi Huang
1
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Chuan-Chin Huang
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,
Frank B. Hu
3
et al.

Abstract: Vegetarian diets appeared to have significant benefits on weight reduction compared to non-vegetarian diets. Further long-term trials are needed to investigate the effects of vegetarian diets on body weight control.

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“…In the pooled analysis of the randomized controlled trials comparing the changes in body weight between the subjects who ate a plant-based diet and those who did not, the former showed a reduction in body weight of about 1 kg compared to the latter. However, the result was not consistent with the previous pooled analysis ( 31 ), possibly due to differences in the included studies. In subjects on a plant-based diet, a vegan diet resulted in slightly greater weight loss than a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 98%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…In the pooled analysis of the randomized controlled trials comparing the changes in body weight between the subjects who ate a plant-based diet and those who did not, the former showed a reduction in body weight of about 1 kg compared to the latter. However, the result was not consistent with the previous pooled analysis ( 31 ), possibly due to differences in the included studies. In subjects on a plant-based diet, a vegan diet resulted in slightly greater weight loss than a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 98%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…The adjusted analysis showed that hypertriglyceridemia was related to the economic cost of diet in men and low levels of education, while HDL-cholesterol was related to the economic cost of diet in both sexes and low educational levels. These results agree with those previously published that showed that lower cardiovascular risk was associated with greater adherence to healthy eating patterns ( 1 – 3 , 8 , 9 ). The current and previous studies both show that healthy dietary patterns are more expensive.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…We found that high adherence to plant-based diet scores was effective in reducing the risk of common non-communicable diseases (overweight/obesity, diabetes, and hypertension). This is consistent with previous analyses of individual foods and the risk of weight change, diabetes, and hypertension development in these cohorts ( 4 – 7 ). Another major strength of our study is the detailed collection of dietary intake data, which were collected through repeatedly validated 24-h dietary records based on an extensive database containing 6,900 food items.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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