A review. This article discusses the effects of oats on obesity, weight management, and satiety. This article summarizes the results of clin. intervention studies evaluating the effects of increased consumption of oats or oat dietary fiber (β-glucan) on body weight and measures of appetite. In conclusion, clin. intervention studies investigating the effects of oats or oat fibers (principally β-glucan) have provided mixed results for the effect of increased consumption of whole oats or oat β-glucan on subjective appetite, food intake, or body weight loss in adults.