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Trial reportEndocrine2025

Timing of meal replacement on body weight: a multicenter open-labeled randomized trial.

Jialu Wang, Yi Xiang, Zhiqi Chen, Wenyi Lu, Yiquan Zhou, Xiaomeng Mao, Molian Tang, Jing Zou, Anqi Song, Qingya Tang and 1 more

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Trial report in Endocrine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jialu WangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yi XiangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhiqi ChenDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wenyi LuDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yiquan ZhouDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaomeng MaoDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Molian TangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jing ZouDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Anqi SongDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qingya TangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. tangqingya@xinhuamed.com.cn.
Renying XuDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 721001735@shsmu.edu.cn.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe aim to evaluate the effects of partial meal replacement (MR) with different timing of MR on body weight in Chinese adults.

methodsA multicenter open-labeled, randomized, parallel study was performed. Participants were randomly assigned to receive partial MR at breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner for 16 weeks. The primary outcome was the absolute change in body weight between baseline and the end of the intervention. The BMI of participants is between 24.0 kg/m

resultsA total number of 153 individuals were included in the analysis (106 females and 47 males; mean age 32.6 ± 6.7 years, mean BMI 28.5 ± 2.8 kg/m

conclusionPartial MR resulted in significant improvements in anthropometric data, body fat, and most metabolic variables while different MR timing generated similar results.

trial registrationThe study was registered at https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=47475 (ChiCTR2100042637).

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Body WeightMealsObesityWeight LossAdultBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTime FactorsYoung AdultBody weightChinese adultsMeal replacementObesityOverweight

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