At 24 months the Mediterranean-style diet yielded higher diet quality.
HealthDay News — While a Mediterranean-style dietary intervention improves diet quality at 24 months, it does not lead to significantly greater weight loss than a calorie-restricting diet, according to a study published online August 20 in JAMA Network Open
Thomas C. Keyserling, MD, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues assessed whether a behavioral weight-loss intervention promoting a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern yields sustained weight loss at 24 months and improves diet quality vs a control intervention focused on reducing energy intake. The analysis included 118 patients with obesity randomly assigned to the Mediterranean-style or control weight-loss program participating in the 24-month follow-up
The researchers found that the adjusted mean percentage change in body weight at the 24-month follow-up was −3.40% for the Mediterranean-style intervention and −3.51% for the control intervention. The Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 score was higher among the Mediterranean-style group vs the control group at follow-up (difference, 3.62)
“Further research is needed to discern the extent to which diet quality affects obesity-related health outcomes in the context of behavioral weight-loss interventions,” the authors write
Two authors disclosed financial ties to the biopharmaceutical industry
