Nutritional intervention improved dietary intake among patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment
Dror Ben Noach, Anat Sason, Ronit Anbar, Limor Ben Haim, Miriam Adelson, Einat Peles · 2026
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Dror Ben Noach and co-authors trialled in 2026 group nutrition therapy for people receiving methadone treatment for opioid dependence. Methadone patients often gain weight and eat poor-quality diets, raising metabolic risk. Seventy patients with elevated body mass joined the randomized trial at a treatment centre. The intervention group attended ten weekly group sessions, while controls received one brief individual session.
Body fat percentage fell in both groups over the study period measured. Similar shares of patients lost weight in each arm, despite the different support intensity. Water intake rose and ultra-processed food intake fell across both groups during participation. Only the intervention group shifted calories away from carbohydrates toward protein in their diets. Physical functioning quality of life held steady in the intervention group yet declined in controls. Weight losers within the intervention group gained extra quality-of-life benefit.
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| CREATOR | Dror Ben Noach, Anat Sason, Ronit Anbar, Limor Ben Haim, Miriam Adelson, Einat Peles |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |