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5-10% is a realistic and achievable goal for weight loss Weight-loss outcomes: a systematic review and meta…[J Am Diet Assoc. 2007] – PubMed Result What interventions should we add to weight reducin…[J...

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New Analyses Cast Doubt on Fruits, Vegetables, Physical Activity to Control...

July 24, 2010 A review of the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake with adult and childhood obesity casts doubt on how strong is the relationship with weight management. The review was...

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FDA Approves Once Weekly Drug for Diabetes; Shows Weight Loss

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Amylin Pharmaceutical’s Bydureon for thetreatment of type 2 diabetes. This is the first once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes. It is hoped that this...

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Genetic Variations Affect Weight Loss, Regain, Eating Behavior

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a highly publicized study comparing lifestyle intervention against metformin in preventing type 2 diabetes. It has been widely used by public health authorities...

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Patterns of Weight Loss in Look AHEAD

While the Look AHEAD trial has been suspended,  it much information to yet give up.  In a paper in Obesity, the Look AHEAD Research Group reports that 2 components of the Look AHEAD program accounted...

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Results of Look Ahead Published

As indicated on October 22, 2012, the Look Ahead trial was stopped early on the basis of futility. Now, we have the results of the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, June 25, 2013. The trial...

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Where is Your New Year’s Resolution? Or, Where did I put my Adaptive...

It’s mid-January: do you know where your New Year resolution went? You know the one about losing weight. So maybe you are losing the weight you put on over the holidays? Maybe you are underway with a...

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