Zinc and Increased Fat-Free Mass

• Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Anthropometric Indices and Adipokines in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2026-01-30
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Biological trace element research 204(6)
  • • Mahnaz Salmani
    • Mehdi Karimi
    • Omid Asbaghi
    • Reza Bagheri
    • Mahlagha Nikbaf-Shandiz
    • Fatemeh Bakhtiary
    • Kian Goudarzi
    • Kimia Kazemi
    • Zahra Shouhani
    • Leila Setayesh
    • Neda Haghighat
    • Damoon Ashtary-Larky

  • PubMed: 41617950
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12011-025-04965-8

  7 Insights on

  • Increased Fat-Free Mass

  • High evidence

  no significant overall effect on … fat-free mass (FFM) (WMD: 0.41 kg; p = 0.669)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No