Episode 6 - Fats
- EBE
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min read
Effects of total fat intake on body weight
Cochrane Systematic Review - Intervention Version published: 07 August 2015 see what's new
Trials where participants were randomised to a lower fat intake versus usual or moderate fat intake, but with no intention to reduce weight, showed a consistent, stable but small effect of low fat intake on body fatness: slightly lower weight, BMI and waist circumference compared with controls. Greater fat reduction and lower baseline fat intake were both associated with greater reductions in weight. This effect of reducing total fat was not consistently reflected in cohort studies assessing the relationship between total fat intake and later measures of body fatness or change in body fatness in studies of children, young people or adults.
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