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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).”
Quoted verbatim from Long-Term Supplementation of Green Tea Extract Does Not Modify Adiposity or Bone Mineral Density in a Randomized Trial of Overweight and Obese Postmenopausal Women.
This finding among the 83 findings on its endpoint

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
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  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M7038DHSM4R0N7BXSYQW33JR