Weight Loss Interventions in Older Adults with Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Since 2005.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify geriatric obesity interventions that can guide clinical recommendations.

Design

Systematic review using Medline (PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, CINAHL, EMBASE (Ovid), and PsycINFO (Proquest) from January 1, 2005, to October 12, 2015, to identify English-language randomized controlled trials.

Participants

Individuals aged 60 and older (mean age ≥65) and classified as having obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg/m² ).

Interventions

Behavioral weight loss interventions not involving pharmacological or procedural therapies lasting 6 months or longer.

Measurements

Two investigators performed the systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses c

SUBMITTER: Batsis JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414418 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature