Hibiscus and Reduced Body Weight

• Clinical effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn. on obesity treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2024-09
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 339
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 84
  • • Piyameth Dilokthornsakul
    • Natnicha Rattanachaisit
    • Phiyanuch Thimkorn
    • Supawan Pongpattanawut
    • Witoo Dilokthornsakul
    • Teerapon Dhippayom

  • PubMed: 38878905
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2024.103063

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Weight

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Our meta-analyses showed that the mean difference in weight reduction between H. sabdariffa and control was - 0.27 kg (95 % confidence interval (CI); - 1.98 to 1.42, I² = 0.0 %).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No