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Fish oil has no detected effect on body mass index

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The calculated results indicated that fish oil was not associated with a significant reduction in BMI (SMD = -0.09, 95% CI -0.22 to 0.03, P = 0.14; Fig 2B).”
Quoted verbatim from Does Fish Oil Have an Anti-Obesity Effect in Overweight/Obese Adults? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
This finding among the 83 findings on its endpoint

fish oil

Body mass index

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.09standardised mean difference

CI −0.22 to 0.03

Who
Overweight or obese adults (BMI 25 or more, 18 years or older), fish oil alone or combined with caloric restriction or exercise programmes given to both arms; change in BMI, 27 comparisons
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 26571503 · 2015

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

PloS one
What else it reported3 findings · 0 compounds · 3 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WQT6S4NWDCTMAC0WRWNQFE