Camellia sinensisFinding
Camellia sinensis has no detected effect on body mass index
no difference foundVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×2
01 · The sentence it was drawn from
“There were no differences in changes in BMI (-0.13 ± 0.11 compared with -0.05 ± 0.11; P = 0.61), total fat mass (-0.30 ± 0.16 compared with -0.12 ± 0.15 kg; P = 0.40), percentage of body fat (-0.15% ± 0.17% compared with -0.15% ± 0.16%; P = 0.99), or BMD (-0.006 ± 0.002 compared with -0.003 ± 0.002 g/cm(2); P = 0.49) over 12 mo between women taking GTE (n = 61) and those taking a placebo (n = 60).”
Camellia sinensis
Body mass index
no difference found
- Who
- Overweight and obese postmenopausal women aged 50-70 years (BMI 25.0 or above), substudy of the Minnesota Green Tea Trial; change over 12 months
- Dose studied
- GTE containing 843 mg EGCG per day for 12 months
Very limited evidencePMID 26701796 · 2016
02 · The study
- Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 12 months
Evidence, by strength
- strong
- moderate
- limited
- very limitedthis finding
- insufficient
03 · The paper
The Journal of nutrition04 · To cite this finding
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