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Research from University of Pisa provides new data about obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 14th, 2008

According to a study from Pisa, Italy, "Objectives To evaluate the impact of a planned body weight reduction on quality of life (QoL) in obese/ overweight chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Thirty-four obese/overweight chronic heart failure patients (24 men, mean age 67.8 +/- 9.4 years) underwent a 6-month dietary programme."

"An assessment of clinical and biochemical parameters was executed before and after dietary programme. The QoL was judged by means of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) at baseline and at the end of the programme. End-study BMI (P < 0.005) and body weight (P < 0.04) values were significantly reduced. We observed a...

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