Portion-controlled meals provide increases in diet quality during weight loss and maintenance.
Lauren T PtomeyE A WillisJ R GoetzJ LeeA N Szabo-ReedD K SullivanJ E DonnellyPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2015)
A weight management intervention using PCMs resulted in both clinically significant weight loss and increased diet quality scores, demonstrating that the use of PCMs during weight loss allows for meaningful changes in diet quality during weight maintenance.