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Mediterranean diet and obesity

Somayeh Hosseinpour-Niazi, PhD
Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

In the weight loss studies lasting 1 year or longer reviewed by the ADA only 2 study groups achieved weight losses of 5% or greater:
Mediterranean- style eating pattern (26.2 kg) in persons with newly diagnosed diabetes
The intensive lifestyle intervention in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) (28.4 kg)
The other weight loss interventions resulted in weight losses of less than 5% (4.8 kg or less) at 1 year
The weight losses greater than 5% : improvements in A1C, lipids, and blood pressure