Cochrane · systematic review · CD013636
Effects of total fat intake on body fatness in adults
Hooper, L, Abdelhamid, AS, Jimoh, OF, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
HeartAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 6 · 85.7%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Low dietary fat compared with usual fat for controlling body fatness
Population: adults from the general population including those who were healthy, with risk factors and with long‐term conditions
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Body fatness (represented by body weight, kg) Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 26 studies · 53875 participants | High |
Body fatness (represented by BMI, kg/m2) Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 15 studies · 46604 participants | High |
Body fatness (represented by waist circumference, cm) Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 16685 participants | High |
Body fatness (represented by percentage body fat) Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 2415 participants | High |
Potential harms ‐ serum lipids, mmol/L Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 22 studies · 9812 participants | High |
Potential harms ‐ blood pressure (BP), mmHg Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 6078 participants | High |
Potential harms ‐ quality of life (QoL) Low dietary fat vs usual fat | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40130 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |