EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 12, Issue 1 590E External scientific reportOpen Access Extensive literature search and review as preparatory work for the evaluation of the essential composition of total diet replacement products for weight control N. Terzikhan, N. Terzikhan Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorE.L. Doets, E.L. Doets Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorM Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, M Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author N. Terzikhan, N. Terzikhan Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorE.L. Doets, E.L. Doets Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorM Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, M Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten Pallas health research and consultancy, Conradstraat 18, 3013 AP, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 January 2015 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2015.EN-590Citations: 6 The present document has been produced and adopted by the bodies identified above as author(s). This task has been carried out exclusively by the author(s) in the context of a contract between the European Food Safety Authority and the author(s), awarded following a tender procedure. The present document is published complying with the transparency principle to which the Authority is subject. It may not be considered as an output adopted by the Authority. 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