Chromium picolinate supplementation for overweight or obese adults

. 2013 Nov 29;2013(11):CD010063. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010063.pub2

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The Cochrane Library

#1 MeSH descriptor Obesity explode all trees  #2 MeSH descriptor Weight Gain explode all trees  #3 MeSH descriptor Weight Loss explode all trees  #4 MeSH descriptor Body Mass Index explode all trees  #5 (overweight in All Text or (over in All Text and weight in All Text) )  #6 (adipos* in All Text or (fat in All Text and overload in All Text and syndrom* in All Text))  #7 (overeat* in All Text or (over in All Text and eat* in All Text) )  #8 (overfeed* in All Text or (over in All Text and feed* in All Text) )  #9 (weight in All Text and (gain in All Text or chang* in All Text) )  #10 (body in All Text and mass in All Text and ind* in All Text)  #11 MeSH descriptor Waist circumference explode all trees  #12 MeSH descriptor Waist‐Hip Ratio explode all trees  #13 MeSH descriptor Abdominal fat explode all trees  #14 MeSH descriptor Body fat distribution explode all trees  #15 MeSH descriptor Skinfold thickness explode all trees  #16 MeSH descriptor Overweight explode all trees  #17 ((weight in All Text near/6 cyc* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 reduc* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 los* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 maint* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 decreas* in All Text) )  #18 ((weight in All Text near/6 watch* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 control* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 chang* in All Text) or (weight in All Text near/6 gain* in All Text))  #19 BMI in All Text  #20 (waist‐hip in All Text and ratio* in All Text)  #21 (waist in All Text and circumferenc* in All Text)  #22 (body in All Text and (fat in All Text near/6 distribution* in All Text) )  #23 ((abominal in All Text and fat in All Text) or (skinfold in All Text and thickness in All Text))  #24 (obes* in All Text or adipos* in All Text)  #25 (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12)  #26 (#13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 or #21 or #22 or #23 or #24)  #27 (#25 or #26)  #28 MeSH descriptor chromium picolinate explode all trees  #29 chromium picolinate in All Text  #30 (#28 or #29)  #31(#27 and #30)

MEDLINE

1 exp Obesity/ or exp Obesity hypoventilation syndrome/ or exp Obesity, abdominal/ or exp Obesity, morbid/ or exp Prader‐Willi Syndrome/
2 exp Overweight/
3 exp Adipose tissue/
4 exp Weight gain/ or exp Weight loss/
5 exp body fat distribution/ or exp body mass index/ or exp waist circumference/ or exp skinfold thickness/ or exp waist‐hip ratio/
6 exp Body Composition/
7 (overweight$ or over weight$).tw,ot.
8 fat overload syndrom$.tw,ot.
9 (overeat$ or over eat$).tw,ot.
10 (overfeed$ or over feed$).tw,ot.
11 (adipos$ or obes$).tw,ot.
12 (weight adj3 (cyc$ or reduc$ or los$ or maint$ or decreas$ or watch$ or control$ or gain$ or chang$)).tw,ot.
13 (body mass ind$ or waist‐hip ratio$).tw,ot.
14 skinfold thickness$.tw,ot.
15 abdominal fat$.tw,ot.
16 ((abdominal or subcutaneous or intra‐abdominal or visceral or retroperitoneal or retro peritoneal) adj3 fat*).tw,ot.
17 or/1‐16
18 exp chromium picolinate/
19 chromium picolinate.tw,ot.
20 18 or 19
21 17 and 20
22 randomized controlled trial.pt.
23 controlled clinical trial.pt.
24 randomi?ed.ab.
25 placebo.ab.
26 drug therapy.fs.
27 randomly.ab.
28 trial.ab.
29 groups.ab.
30 or/22‐29
31 Meta‐analysis.pt.
32 exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/
33 exp Meta‐analysis/
34 exp Meta‐analysis as topic/
35 hta.tw,ot.
36 (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot.
37 (meta analy$ or metaanaly$ or meta?analy$).tw,ot.
38 (search* adj10 (medical databas*or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content* or systemat*)).tw,ot.
39 or/31‐38
40 30 or 39
41 (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt.
42 40 not 41
43 21 and 42
44 (animals not (animals and humans)).sh.
45 43 not 44

EMBASE

1 exp Obesity/
2 exp weight change/ or exp weight control/ or exp weight gain/ or exp weight reduction/
3 exp body mass/ or exp waist circumference/ or exp waist hip ratio/
4 exp abdominal fat/ or exp body fat distribution/
5 exp skinfold thickness/
6 (obes$ or adipos* or overweight or over weight).tw,ot.
7 (overeat or over eat or overfeed or over feed or fat overload syndrom$).tw,ot.
8 (weight adj6 (cyc$ or reduc$ or los$ or maint$ or decreas$ or watch$ or control or chang$ or gain)).tw,ot.
9 (body mass ind$ or waist hip ratio or waist circumferenc$).tw,ot.
10 (body fat adj3 distribution*).tw,ot.
11 (abdominal fat or skinfold thickness).tw,ot.
12 or/1‐11
13 exp chromium picolinate/
14 chromium picolinate.tw,ot.
15 13 or 14
16 12 and 15
17 exp Randomized Controlled Trial/
18 exp Controlled Clinical Trial/
19 exp Clinical Trial/
20 exp Comparative Study/
21 exp Drug comparison/
22 exp Randomization/
23 exp Crossover procedure/
24 exp Double blind procedure/
25 exp Single blind procedure/
26 exp Placebo/
27 exp Prospective Study/
28 ((clinical or control$ or comparativ$ or placebo$ or prospectiv$ or randomi?ed) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).ab,ti.
29 (random$ adj6 (allocat$ or assign$ or basis or order$)).ab,ti.
30 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj6 (blind$ or mask$)).ab,ti.
31 (cross over or crossover).ab,ti.
32 or/17‐31
33 exp meta analysis/
34 (metaanaly$ or meta analy$ or meta?analy$).ab,ti,ot.
35 (search$ adj10 (medical database$ or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systematic$)).ab,ti,ot.
36 exp Literature/
37 exp Biomedical Technology Assessment/
38 hta.tw,ot.
39 (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot.
40 or/33‐39
41 32 or 40
42 (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt.
43 41 not 42
44 16 and 43
45 limit 44 to human
46 44 not 45

ISI Web of Knowledge

#1 Topic= (Obesity) OR Topic= (Overweight) OR Topic= (Weight Gain) OR Topic= (Weight Loss) OR Topic= (Body Mass Index) OR Topic= (Waist circumference) OR Topic= (Waist‐Hip Ratio) OR Topic= (Abdominal fat) OR Topic= (Body fat distribution) OR Topic= (Skinfold thickness) OR Topic= (BMI)
#2 Topic= (chromium picolinate)
#3 #1 AND #2 (201 citations)

Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM)

#1 "Obesity"[Mesh]
#2 Obesity [ti/ab]
#3 "Overweight"[Mesh]
#4 "Overweight"[ti/ab]
#5 Weight Gain [ti/ab]
#6 "Weight Gain"[Mesh]
#7 Weight Loss [ti/ab]
#8 "Weight Loss"[Mesh]  #9 Body Mass Index [ti/ab]
#10 "Body Mass Index"[Mesh]
#11 Waist circumference [ti/ab]
#12"Waist circumference"[Mesh]
#13 Waist‐Hip Ratio [ti/ab]
#14"Waist‐Hip Ratio"[Mesh]
#15 "Abdominal fat"[ti/ab]
#16"Abdominal fat"[Mesh]
#17 Body fat distribution [ti/ab]
#18 "Body fat distribution"[Mesh]
#19 Skinfold thickness [ti/ab]
#20 Skinfold thickness [Mesh]
#21 "BMI"[Mesh]
#22 BMI [ti/ab]
#23 #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 OR #21 OR #22
#24 chromium picolinate[ti/ab]
#25 "chromium picolinate"[Mesh]
#26 #24 OR #25
#27 #23 AND #26
#28 limit 27 to human

China Journal Full‐text Database

#1 Obesity OR Overweight OR Weight Gain OR Weight Loss OR Body Mass Index OR Waist circumference OR Waist‐Hip Ratio OR Abdominal fat OR Body fat distribution OR Skinfold thickness OR BMI
#2 chromium picolinate
#3 #1 AND #2

Chinese Scientific Journals Full‐text Database

'My NCBI' alert service

("picolinic acid" [Supplementary Concept] OR "picolinic acid" [All Fields] OR "chromium picolinate" [All Fields]) AND Randomized Controlled Trial [ptyp]