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Reports outline quality of life study results from Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 13th, 2010

Researchers detail in 'Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life among African-Americans in a lifestyle weight loss program,' new data in quality of life. "Changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were assessed in clinically obese, African-American adults after completion of a weight loss program that resulted in modest average weight loss. Data were analyzed for 87 men and women who provided weight measurements after an initial 10-week weight loss program (Phase 1) and a subsequent clinical trial to evaluate three weight maintenance approaches (Phase 2) over an additional 8 to 18 months," scientists writing in the journal Quality of Life Research report.

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