Meal Replacement Products

Meal replacement products are shakes, bars or soups designed to replace a full meal with a controlled number of calories and nutrients. They can make it easier to follow a lower-calorie plan and are sometimes used in medically supervised diets.

Meal replacement products are portion-controlled, nutritionally formulated foods used to substitute one or more meals per day. In clinical weight-management programmes, structured use of meal replacements has been shown to produce greater short-term weight loss than conventional low-calorie diets, with effects dependent on adherence and medical supervision.

Meal replacements can be a practical tool for some patients, but they are not suitable for everyone. Dr Joseph Wang can advise whether they fit into a safe, personalised weight-loss plan.