Effects of health food products on weight loss in Japanese volunteers whose obesity classification is 1 or 2 as defined by the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity - Effects of health food products on weight loss in Japanese obese volunteers

A total of 93 subjects started the study diet. Of these 76 completed the study. 78 subjects who had evaluable efficacy data were included in the efficacy analysis set, comprising 13 subjects (M: 5, F: 8) for test diet A, 11 (M: 8, F: 3) for B, 27 (M: 13, F: 14) for C, and 27 subjects (M: 20, F: 7) for test diet D. Percent changes in body weight from baseline to end of test diet and 8 weeks thereafter, and those from end of test diet to 8 weeks thereafter were as follows: -5.8%, -3.8%, 1.7% for diet A, -6.2%, -6.2%, 0.0% for B, -1.5%, -2.5%, -1.0% for C, and -0.0%, -0.5%, -0.4% for diet D. Body weight in diet A was significantly reduced from baseline to end of diet and 8 weeks thereafter, however, it was significantly increased from end of diet to 8 weeks thereafter. Body weight decreases in diets B and C were significant from baseline to end of diet and 8 weeks thereafter, whereas no differences were noted between end of diet and 8 weeks thereafter. Subjects consuming diet D did not show changes in body weight. Changes in BMI were comparable to those in body weight for all diet groups. Decreases in blood pressure, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and gamma-GTP were observed for diets A and B. Three (3.2%) out of 93 subjects experienced a total of 3 adverse events related to test diet, all of which were mild in intensity and none of them were clinically significant.