Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern.
Body weight management is not emphasized in clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer survivors, reflecting the lack of evidence that weight loss improves prognosis. Even if this situation changes, the optimal design for weight loss interventions is unclear. We conducted a 6-month non-randomize...
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| author | Henry J Thompson Scot M Sedlacek Mary C Playdon Pamela Wolfe John N McGinley Devchand Paul Susan G Lakoski |
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| description | Body weight management is not emphasized in clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer survivors, reflecting the lack of evidence that weight loss improves prognosis. Even if this situation changes, the optimal design for weight loss interventions is unclear. We conducted a 6-month non-randomized, controlled weight loss intervention in 249 post-menopausal breast cancer survivors. This paper reports effects on two secondary endpoints, change in body weight and composition. Participants were predominantly non-Hispanic whites (89%) with a mean age of 54.9 ± 9.2 years, a mean BMI of 29.0 ± 2.6 kg/m: (2) and an average of 43 ± 5% body fat. Two dietary interventions, low fat or low carbohydrate, were investigated and consisted of a 42 day cycle of menus and recipes. Weight loss counseling and anthropometric assessment were provided at monthly clinic visits. One hundred ninety-two women completed the trial (77% retention). In comparison to the nonintervention control, both intervention arms achieved significant decreases in body weight (12.5%), body fat (27.5%), waist circumference (9.5%), and hip circumference (7.8%) (all p < 0.001) with minimal effects on lean mass (1.3% decrease). Median time to 5 and 10% weight loss was 2 (95% confidence interval = 1 to 3) and 4 (95% confidence interval = 3 to 5) months, respectively, and 23% of participants experienced ≥ 15% weight loss. Loss of body weight and fat mass was rapid and substantial irrespective of dietary approach when a structured program was provided with monthly anthropometric assessment and weight loss counseling.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01315483. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83d9076af0da432b96215d0be08c9be12022-12-21T17:56:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01105e012736610.1371/journal.pone.0127366Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern.Henry J ThompsonScot M SedlacekMary C PlaydonPamela WolfeJohn N McGinleyDevchand PaulSusan G LakoskiBody weight management is not emphasized in clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer survivors, reflecting the lack of evidence that weight loss improves prognosis. Even if this situation changes, the optimal design for weight loss interventions is unclear. We conducted a 6-month non-randomized, controlled weight loss intervention in 249 post-menopausal breast cancer survivors. This paper reports effects on two secondary endpoints, change in body weight and composition. Participants were predominantly non-Hispanic whites (89%) with a mean age of 54.9 ± 9.2 years, a mean BMI of 29.0 ± 2.6 kg/m: (2) and an average of 43 ± 5% body fat. Two dietary interventions, low fat or low carbohydrate, were investigated and consisted of a 42 day cycle of menus and recipes. Weight loss counseling and anthropometric assessment were provided at monthly clinic visits. One hundred ninety-two women completed the trial (77% retention). In comparison to the nonintervention control, both intervention arms achieved significant decreases in body weight (12.5%), body fat (27.5%), waist circumference (9.5%), and hip circumference (7.8%) (all p < 0.001) with minimal effects on lean mass (1.3% decrease). Median time to 5 and 10% weight loss was 2 (95% confidence interval = 1 to 3) and 4 (95% confidence interval = 3 to 5) months, respectively, and 23% of participants experienced ≥ 15% weight loss. Loss of body weight and fat mass was rapid and substantial irrespective of dietary approach when a structured program was provided with monthly anthropometric assessment and weight loss counseling.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01315483.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4443974?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Henry J Thompson Scot M Sedlacek Mary C Playdon Pamela Wolfe John N McGinley Devchand Paul Susan G Lakoski Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. PLoS ONE |
| title | Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. |
| title_full | Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. |
| title_fullStr | Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. |
| title_short | Weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors: impact of dietary pattern. |
| title_sort | weight loss interventions for breast cancer survivors impact of dietary pattern |
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