Intentional weight loss was associated with lower mortality, whereas unintentional weight loss was associated with increased mortality

Intentional weight loss was associated with lower mortality, whereas unintentional weight loss was associated with increased mortality.

Assessment of risk factors Weight loss intention and weight change during the previous year were assessed by self report in a supplemental survey to the 1989 National Health Interview Survey. The same survey was used to determine age, ethnicity, sex, smoking status, self rated health, hospital admissions, physician visits, chronic and acute conditions, limitations in activities or work, and hei...

Intentional weight loss and mortality among overweight individuals with diabetes.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect of intentional weight loss on mortality in overweight individuals with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a prospective analysis with a 12-year mortality follow-up (1959-1972) of 4,970 overweight individuals with diabetes, 40-64 years of age, who were enrolled in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study I. Rate ratios (RRs) were ca...

Weight Loss and Mortality

June 2005 | Volume 2 | Issue 6 | e195 | e198 As mothers get older and assisted conception becomes more common in developed countries, the incidence of multiple births—primarily of nonidentical siblings, but also of identical ones—has dramatically increased. Multiple pregnancies are high-risk pregnancies, with preterm delivery and monochorionicity (shared placenta) the major problems. Consequent...

Increased Hydration Can Be Associated with Weight Loss

This mini-review develops the hypothesis that increased hydration leads to body weight loss, mainly through a decrease in feeding, and a loss of fat, through increased lipolysis. The publications cited come from animal, mainly rodent, studies where manipulations of the central and/or the peripheral renin-angiotensin system lead to an increased drinking response and a decrease in body weight. Th...

Polyuria and weight-loss associated with cimetidine.