Weight Loss

Modest weight loss lowers risks of hypertension and diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 17th, 2003

A review by a researcher in Spain on the benefits of weight loss concluded that new methods of helping obese patients lose weight and then maintain a healthy weight must be developed, despite the difficulties most patients have maintaining weight loss, because of the risk reductions that result.

"Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia," commented J. Vidal at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. "Modest weight loss has been shown to have a beneficial effect on these cardiovascular risk factors and to improve risk factor clustering. Recent lifestyle intervention studies also suggest that modest weight loss can help to prevent two of the...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2003-02-17)

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