Does green tea ingestion combined with exercise training enhance weight loss and improve lipid profiles in overweight and obese individuals compared to exercise training alone?
Green Tea EGCG Extract, a systematic review and meta-analysis (J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2024, PMID 39350601) — EX+GT showed a small and consistent effect on weight (SMD = -0.30), BMI (SMD = -0.33), and fat reduction (SMD = -0.29) compared to EX+P. The abstract for Green Tea EGCG Extract states no limitations.
Source: J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2024, PMID 39350601 ↗ · Research map · How Magellan grades evidence · evidence confidence: medium
J Int Soc Sports Nutr · 2024 · PMID 39350601 · DOI 10.1080/15502783.2024.2411029
Adding green tea to exercise training provides only a small additional benefit for weight and fat reduction, with no extra benefit for lipid profiles.
The question
Does green tea ingestion combined with exercise training enhance weight loss and improve lipid profiles in overweight and obese individuals compared to exercise training alone?
What they tested
The study aims to explore if green tea ingestion coupled with exercise training has an effect on body composition and lipid profile in overweight and obese individuals.
How they did it
This systematic review and meta-analysis searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus for randomized-controlled trials. Included studies compared the effect of green tea plus exercise training (EX+GT) versus exercise training alone (EX+P) in overweight or obese participants. Ten randomized trials met the inclusion criteria out of 1,015 retrieved studies.
What they found
EX+GT showed a small and consistent effect on weight (SMD = -0.30), BMI (SMD = -0.33), and fat reduction (SMD = -0.29) compared to EX+P. However, EX+GT had no greater effect on improving lipid profiles, including triglyceride (SMD = -0.92), LDL (SMD = -1.44), HDL (SMD = 0.56), and total cholesterol (SMD = -0.54).
| Weight Reduction | -0.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| BMI Reduction | -0.33 | |
| Fat Reduction | -0.29 |
Standardized mean differences (SMD) for weight, BMI, and fat reduction when combining green tea with exercise compared to exercise alone. Negative values indicate a reduction.
What it means
Green tea may offer a minimal additive benefit to exercise-induced weight loss. However, it does not appear to provide additional benefits for lipid profile improvement when combined with exercise training.
Limitations
The abstract does not explicitly state limitations of the meta-analysis itself, but notes that further investigations are warranted regarding green tea's effect on lipid profiles.
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The paper at a glance
| Title | Does green tea catechin enhance weight-loss effect of exercise training? a meta-analysis of randomized trials |
|---|---|
| Journal | J Int Soc Sports Nutr |
| Year | 2024 |
| PMID | 39350601 ↗ |
| DOI | 10.1080/15502783.2024.2411029 ↗ |
| Topic | Muscle, strength & physical function |
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Green Tea EGCG Extract
For weight and metabolic syndrome, meta-analyses of randomized trials indicate that green tea catechins produce small, generally modest effects—limited reductions in body weight (on the order of 1 kg), body fat, waist circumference, total and LDL cholesterol, blood pressure, and fasting glucose—often more evident…
Green tea is a beverage made from the unfermented leaves of Camellia sinensis and is rich in…
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Magellan Longevity. (2026). Does green tea ingestion combined with exercise training enhance weight loss and improve lipid profiles in overweight and obese individuals compared to exercise training alone? [Plain-English summary of J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2024, PMID 39350601, DOI 10.1080/15502783.2024.2411029]. Magellan Longevity. https://magellanlongevity.com/study/d39350601.html@misc{magellan_d39350601,
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