Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss - Change History

Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

May 18, 2022

View change — Revised wording to reflect current scientific consensus that obesity is a disease.

July 28, 2021

Corrected the proposed mechanism of action for calcium in Table 1.

March 12, 2021

Linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and updated the associated text.

April 6, 2020

Updated the links for references 5, 169, 235, and 236.

October 17, 2019

Corrected the links for references 13, 51, and 234.

June 20, 2019

Updated text about probiotic ingredients.

February 1, 2019

Revised text about the ingredient yohimbe in Table 1.

November 1, 2017

Full review and update: Added 6 new ingredients (African mango, beta-glucans, capsaicin, carnitine, probiotics, and vitamin D) and updated remaining information with recent research.