Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults

Table 3

Additional weight loss (±SE) of JumpstartMD vs. published results for other commercial programs.

	LOCF			Completers
	12-13 wk	24–26 wk	52 wk	12-13 wk	24–26 wk	52 wk
Δweight (kg)
Calorie, food, meal plan^1	−2.75 ± 0.02	−3.51 ± 0.11	−3.29 ± 0.17	−4.36 ± 0.03	−26.50 ± 0.11	−6.86 ± 0.09
Internet^2	−3.94 ± 0.25	−4.53 ± 0.32	−7.60 ± 0.75	−5.45 ± 0.20	−7.53 ± 0.34	−8.30 ± 0.85
MBNP^3	+0.76 ± 0.22	+0.37 ± 0.26	−0.67 ± 0.20	+0.46 ± 0.21	−1.72 ± 0.23	−2.85 ± 0.21
Prepackaged meals^4				−3.56 ± 0.76	−4.10 ± 0.28	−3.24 ± 0.43
Meal replacement^5	+0.06 ± 0.51	+3.59 ± 0.32	+5.7 ± 0.91	−1.29 ± 0.06	−0.91 ± 0.12	−0.76 ± 0.13
Δ% weight
Calorie, food, meal plan^1	−2.86 ± 0.03	−3.19 ± 0.11		−4.23 ± 0.04	−5.37 ± 0.13	−1.88 ± 0.21
Internet^2	−3.95 ± 0.26	−4.56 ± 0.32	−7.89 ± 0.80	−5.65 ± 0.21	−7.79 ± 0.36	–10.06 ± 0.67
Prepackaged meals^4			−2.30 ± 0.04	−1.66 ± 0.04	−1.74 ± 0.07	+0.11 ± 0.12
Meal replacement^5	+1.22 ± 0.5	+3.78 ± 0.27		−1.19 ± 0.06	−1.26 ± 0.11	−11.44 ± 0.60
ΔBMI (kg/m^2)
Calorie, food, meal plan^1	−1.01 ± 0.01	−1.25 ± 0.04	−0.82 ± 0.20	−1.60 ± 0.02	−2.23 ± 0.05	−2.98 ± 0.15
Internet^2	−1.41 ± 0.08	−1.65 ± 0.10		−1.89 ± 0.07	−2.43 ± 0.13
Prepackaged meals^4					−2.22 ± 0.42	−2.21 ± 0.70
Meal replacement^5		−1.02 ± 0.36	−2.25 ± 0.32	−0.68 ± 0.16	−2.90 ± 0.39	−4.54 ± 0.40
≥5% weight loss (%)
Calorie, food, meal plan^1	26.02 ± 0.25	12.95 ± 0.74	17.14 ± 2.65	35.36 ± 0.39	15.74 ± 0.70	33.73 ± 1.27
Internet^2	37.90 ± 2.67	32.1 ± 2.80		44.12 ± 2.46	46.86 ± 3.34	46.97 ± 7.00
MBNP^3						17.09 ± 2.23
Prepackaged meals^4						24.21 ± 3.57
Meal replacement^5		−5.30 ± 2.65		−8.33 ± 0.50	−5.85 ± 0.55	1.68 ± 1.05
≥10% weight loss (%)
Calorie, food, meal plan^1	17.76 ± 0.25	22.9 ± 0.95		36.79 ± 0.50	30.65 ± 0.85	34.77 ± 1.47
Internet^2				15.51 ± 3.51
MBNP^3						21.08 ± 2.33
Prepackaged meals^4						25.84 ± 4.49
Meal replacement^5		−1.92 ± 2.85		9.43 ± 0.47	6.52 ± 0.93	1.68 ± 1.29

Negative values means greater JumpstartMD weight loss for ∆weight, ∆%weight, and ∆BMI, positive values means greater JumpstartMD weight loss ≥5% and ≥10% weight loss. Individual study results are presented in Figures 5–15. ¹Weight Watchers [6, 8, 11–14, 31–42], Slimming World [12, 13, 15–17, 20–22, 37, 43], Rosemary Conley [12, 13, 37, 42], and Itrim [26]. ²Biggest Loser Club [25, 44, 45] and Ediet [46, 47]. ³Metabolic Balance Nutrition Program (similar to JumpstartMD) [27]. ⁴Jenny Craig [23, 24, 3 and 3, 48–50] Diet Chef [60]. ⁵Nutrisystem [9, 33, 51–53], Medifast [28, 29, 54–56], Itrim [26], and Health Management Resources [30, 57–59].