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Ready-to-Eat Cereal as Meal Replacement Promotes Weight Reduction
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Cereals & Weight Loss Study

Ready-to-eat cereal used as a meal replacement promotes weight loss in humans.

Cereals & Weight Loss Study - Aim
The primary aim was to determine whether ready-to-eat cereal used as a portion-controlled, meal replacement promotes weight loss. Additional aims were to determine whether weight loss differed if the cereal was provided as a single brand or variety of brands and whether this use of ready-to-eat cereal promotes continued weight loss following transition to a high-fiber, high-volume (Volumetric) diet.

Cereals & Weight Loss Study - Methods
Body composition was measured and diet records, appetite questionnaires and activity logs were completed during baseline and end of intervention weeks 2 and 6. Participants were assigned to one of four treatment groups. Group 1 (6 M, 22 F, mean age 43.0 +/- 1.9 years, mean initial BMI 28.9 +/- 0.4 kg/m(2)) consumed a serving of a single brand of ready-to-eat cereal with 2/3 C skim milk and a 100 Kcal portion of fruit for breakfast and as a replacement for either lunch or dinner for weeks 1 and 2. No restrictions were placed on the non-cereal meal. They then followed the Volumetric diet for weeks 3 to 6 with a target energy restriction of 500 kcal/day. Group 2 (3 M, 25 F, mean age 40.9 +/- 2.3 years, mean initial BMI 29.39 +/- 0.6 kg/m(2)) followed the same protocol, but was permitted to select from a variety of ready-to-eat cereals during weeks 1 and 2. Group 3 (7 M, 19 F, mean age 41.6 +/- 2.4 years, mean initial BMI 29.3 +/- 0.6 kg/m(2)) received no dietary instruction during the six-week study and Group 4 (9 M, 18 F, mean age 38.2 +/- 2.8 years, mean initial BMI 29.3 +/- 0.6 kg/m(2)) received no intervention prior to adoption of the Volumetric diet for weeks 3 to 6.

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