Table 4.

Types of diets utilized by overweight/obese general practice patients compared to non-overweight patients

Diets	Normal weight (n = 140)#* n(%) [95%CI]	BMI Category Overweight (n = 181)#* n(%) [95%CI]	Obese (n = 156)#* n(%) [95%CI]
Specialised meal replacements	9 (6.4) [3.6 - 11]	14 (7.7) [73.9 - 15]	23 (15) [9.3 - 23]
Low calorie diet	58 (41) [30–54]	71 (39) [31–46]	65 (42) [35–49]
Low carbohydrate/High protein	8 (5.7) [2.9 - 11]	19 (11) [7.9 - 14]	9 (5.8) [3.5 - 9.3]
Detox diet	5(3.6) [0.6 - 19]	9 (5.0) [2.8 - 8.6]	5 (3.2) [0.8 - 12]
High fibre diet	5 (3.6) [1.3 - 9.5]	15(8.3) [5.0 - 13]	15 (9.6) [5.6 - 16]
Low fat diet	41(29) [20–41]	56 (31) [21–43]	64 (41) [30–53]
Fad /celebrity diet	3 (2.1) [0.7 - 6.4]	1 (0.6) [0.0 - 5.0]	1 (0.6)[0.0 - 5.9]
Other	29 (21) [15–28]	35 (19)[14–29]	39 (25)[20–24]

*significant p < 0.05.

^# Total of column larger than number of participants in each group as participants were able to select more than one response.