Weight loss interventions on health-related quality of life in those with moderate to severe obesity: Findings from an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Buckell J., Mei XW., Clarke P., Aveyard P., Jebb SA.

The relationship between BMI and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) critically affects regulatory approval of interventions for weight loss, but evidence of the association is inconsistent. A higher standard of evidence than that available was sought with an IPD meta-analysis of 10,884 people enrolled in five randomized controlled trials of intentional weight loss interventions. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of BMI and HRQoL were estimated in mixed effects models specifying a latent variable for HRQoL. Spline regressions captured nonlinear associations across the range of BMI. In cross-sectional spline regressions, BMI was not associated with HRQoL for people with a BMI 

DOI

10.1111/obr.13317

Type

Journal article

Journal

Obes Rev

Publication Date

10/08/2021

Keywords

IPD meta-analysis, commissioning, health-related quality of life, weight loss

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