Effects of Dairy Products Consumption on Body Weight and Body Composition Among Adults: An Updated Meta‐Analysis of 37 Randomized Control Trials

Complex Interactions of Obesity, Dairy Food Intake and Genetics of Lactase

“…Table 1 lists 11 such studies. Five studies evaluated children or adolescents [65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]. Two of these studies included adults analyzed separately as well [66,70].…”

“…However, a more recent, randomized controlled trial on milk and dietary calcium in adolescent females compared to controls failed to find any effect on weight gain [78]. Table 1 contains 8 reports on the effects of dairy on obesity in adults [65,66,68,70,[72][73][74][75]. Of these as stated before 2 included data on children as well [66,70].…”

“…Alternatively Wang et al showed a modest benefit of total dairy products or milk in reducing risk of obesity [70]. However, 4 published meta-analyses found that dairy may improve weight loss and attenuation of lean mass loss only when energy restriction is included [72][73][74][75]. Further this effect is limited to short periods less than 1 year [73].…”

“…Also the beneficial effects of dairy together with energy restriction for weight loss may be less relevant for males since the meta-analysis of 27 randomized clinical trials by Stonehouse included 90% women [74]. The most recent meta-analyses of 37 randomized controlled trials by Geng et al showed that without energy restriction body weight increased with dairy [75].…”

Dairy products influence gut hormone secretion and appetite differently: A randomized controlled crossover trial

“…High dairy intake during energy restriction may favor weight loss and body fat reduction (Zemel, 2005;Abargouei et al, 2012;Stonehouse et al, 2016;Geng et al, 2018). For example, an energy-restricted calciumrich diet with yogurt has been shown to induce a more pronounced loss of fat mass in obese subjects compared with an isocaloric control diet without yogurt .…”