5. Conclusions
obesity, MetS, overweight, weight loss
OBESITY, OBESE
This study presents the first investigation into the effects of increasing F&V consumption with synbiotic supplementation on overweight and obese Hong Kong Chinese individuals. This information is useful in demonstrating a simple and sustainable strategy to increase DF intake to the daily recommended level while being accompanied by a weight loss effect. Increased F&V should be targeted as the most important nutritional variable for primary consideration in a dietary intervention for weight loss. Relative to synbiotic supplementation and dietary intervention alone, the combination of these two components seems to be more effective in alleviating obesity and its associated MetS traits. Furthermore, DSG decreased the abundance of 