Efficacy of Balanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Along With a Caloric Restriction on Body Weight Control

Efficacy of Balanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Along With a Caloric Restriction on Body Weight Control

The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of a nutritionally balanced conventional meal replacement diet with caloric restriction (intervention for 8 weeks) in Taiwanese obese subjects. Various parameters like anthropometric (body weight, body fat, waist circumference), lipid profile (TC, LDL-c and TG), cardiovascular risk factors, glycemic and oxidative markers as well as renal and hepatic markers were evaluated.

The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of a nutritionally balanced conventional meal replacement diet (rich in soy/pea protein and soluble fibers) with caloric restriction in Taiwanese obese subjects. Obese subjects (BMI>27; n=50, male 23, female 27) were recruited and requested to replace two meals/day (breakfast and lunch or dinner) by balanced nutritional meal replacement diet (equal to 240 kcal) for 8 weeks with one regular meal and make sure the daily target calorie limit should be less than 1500 kcal/day for men and 1200 kcal/day for women.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy obese subject (BMI >27)
• Aged between 20 to 80 of both genders with a desire to lose weight.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with cancer
• Hyperglycemic (diabetic)
• Hypertension,
• Stroke
• Renal dysfunction
• Cardiac or hepatic dysfunctio
• allergic to the dairy product and eating disorders
• Pregnancy, nursing (lactating), chain smokers and heavy alcoholic subjects