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. 2019 Mar 20;2019(3):CD012211. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012211.pub2
Cochrane Library
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Overweight] this term only
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Obesity] this term only
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Obesity, Morbid] explode all trees
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Obesity, Abdominal] explode all trees
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Body Mass Index] explode all trees
#6 MeSH descriptor: [Energy Intake] this term only
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Eating] this term only
#8 MeSH descriptor: [Hunger] this term only
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Satiation] explode all trees
#10 MeSH descriptor: [Thermogenesis] this term only
#11 (weight next (gain or loss or lose or losing or maintain* or maintenance or change* or manage* or control* or reduc*)):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#12 bmi or "body mass index":ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#13 obes*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#14 overweight or "over weight" or overeat* or "over eat*":ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#15 food intake or "energy intake":ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#16 eating:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#17 hunger:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#18 satiety or satiation:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#19 fullness:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#20 thermogenesis:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#21 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Beverages] this term only
#23 MeSH descriptor: [Mineral Waters] explode all trees
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Drinking Water] explode all trees
#25 MeSH descriptor: [Tea] explode all trees
#26 MeSH descriptor: [Teas, Herbal] explode all trees
#27 water near/5 (drink* or consumption or consume*):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#28 beverage* or tea or teas:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#29 #22 or #23 or #24 or #25 or #26 or #27 or #28
#30 #21 and #29
MEDLINE OvidSP
1 overweight/ or obesity/ or obesity, morbid/ or Obesity, Abdominal/
2 body mass index/
3 Energy Intake/
4 Hunger/
5 Satiation/
6 Thermogenesis/
7 (weight adj (gain or loss or lose or losing or maintain* or maintenance or change* or manage* or control* or reduc*)).tw.
8 obes*.ti,ab.
9 (overweight or over weight or overeat* or over eat*).tw.
10 (bmi or body mass index).tw.
11 (food intake or energy intake).tw.
12 hunger.tw.
13 (satiety or satiation).tw.
14 fullness.tw.
15 thermogenesis.tw.
16 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15
17 beverages/ or exp drinking water/ or mineral waters/ or exp tea/ or teas, herbal/ or teas, medicinal/
18 (water adj5 (drink* or consumption or consume*)).tw.
19 (beverage* or tea or teas).tw.
20 17 or 18 or 19
21 16 and 20
22 randomized controlled trial.pt.
23 controlled clinical trial.pt.
24 randomized.ab.
25 placebo.ab.
26 drug therapy.fs.
27 randomly.ab.
28 trial.ab.
29 groups.ab.
30 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29
31 exp animals/ not humans.sh.
32 30 not 31
33 21 and 32
EMBASE OvidSP
1 abdominal obesity/ or obesity/ or morbid obesity/
2 weight reduction/
3 food intake/ or eating/
4 energy consumption/ or caloric intake/
5 Hunger/
6 Satiation/
7 Thermogenesis/
8 (weight adj (gain or loss or lose or losing or maintain* or maintenance or change* or manage* or control* or reduc*)).tw.
9 obes*.ti,ab.
10 (overweight or over weight or overeat* or over eat*).tw.
11 (bmi or body mass index).tw.
12 (food intake or energy intake).tw.
13 hunger.tw.
14 (satiety or satiation).tw.
15 fullness.tw.
16 thermogenesis.tw.
17 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16
18 beverage/ or carbonated water/ or drinking water/ or herbal tea/ or mineral water/ or tea/
19 (water adj5 (drink* or consumption or consume*)).tw.
20 (beverage* or tea or teas).tw.
21 18 or 19 or 20
22 17 and 21
23 limit 22 to "therapy (maximizes sensitivity)"
24 (exp animals/ or nonhuman/) not human/
25 23 not 24
CINAHL (EBSCO Host)
1 (MH "Obesity") OR (MH "Obesity, Morbid")
2 (MH "Weight Loss")
3 (MH "Body Mass Index")
4 (MH "Energy Intake") OR (MH "Food Intake")
5 (MH "Hunger")
6 (MH "Satiation")
7 (MH "Thermogenesis")
8 TI ( (weight N1 (gain or loss or lose or losing or maintain* or maintenance or change* or manage* or control* or reduc*)) ) OR AB ( (weight N1 (gain or loss or lose or losing or maintain* or maintenance or change* or manage* or control* or reduc*)) )
9 TI obes* OR AB obes*
10 TI ( overweight OR "over weight" OR overeat* OR "over eat*" ) OR AB ( overweight OR "over weight" OR overeat* OR "over eat*" )
11 TI ( bmi OR "body mass index" ) OR AB ( bmi OR "body mass index" )
12 TI ( "food intake" OR "energy intake" ) OR AB ( "food intake" OR "energy intake" )
13 TI hunger OR AB hunger
14 TI ( satiety OR satiation ) OR AB ( satiety OR satiation )
15 TI fullness OR AB fullness
16 TI thermogenesis OR AB thermogenesis
17 S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16
18 (MH "Tea+") OR (MH "Water+") OR (MH "Beverages")
19 TI ( water N5 (drink* OR consumption OR consume*) ) OR AB ( water N5 (drink* OR consumption OR consume*) )
20 TI ( beverage* OR tea OR teas ) OR AB ( beverage* OR tea OR teas )
21 S18 OR S19 OR S20
22 S17 AND S21
23 S17 AND S21 Limiters ‐ Clinical Queries: Therapy ‐ High Sensitivity
Science Citation Index
1. TS=(bmi or “body mass index”) OR TS=(“food intake” or “energy intake”) OR TS=(obes* OR overweight OR overeat* OR “over eat*”) OR TS=(“weight gain” OR “weight loss” OR “weight maintenance” or “weight change*” OR "weight management" OR "weight reduction" OR "weight control") OR TS=(thermogenesis) OR TS=(hunger or satiety or satiation or fullness) OR TS=(eating)
2. TS=(beverage* OR tea OR teas) OR TS=((water NEAR/5 (drink* OR consume* OR consumption)))
3. TS=(random* or blind* or allocat* or assign* or trial* or placebo* or crossover* or cross‐over*)
#3 AND #2 AND #1
ClinicalTrials.gov (Advanced search)
Search Terms: overweight OR obesity OR obese OR "weight control" OR "weight reduction" OR "weight loss" OR "weight maintenance" OR "weight management" OR "weight change" OR "weight changes" OR "body mass index"
Study Type: Interventional Studies
Interventions: water OR tea OR beverage OR beverages
WHO ICTRP Search Portal (Standard search)
(to be run as one search string)
overweight AND water OR
overweight AND tea OR
overweight AND beverage* OR
obes* AND water OR
obes* AND tea OR
obes* AND beverage* OR
weight AND water OR
weight AND tea OR
weight AND beverage*