No hazard or better health from weight loss?

No hazard or better health from weight loss?

The investigators of the Trial of Nonpharmacologic Intervention in the Elderly (TONE) have attempted to test whether there is an adverse effect of weight loss, ie, increased mortality (1). This approach is similar to trying to determine whether a specific drug therapy in a clinical trial increases mortality and morbidity, especially in a selected subset of the population. Unfortunately, there r...

Weight maintenance from young adult weight predicts better health outcomes

OBJECTIVE Defining groups of individuals within a larger population with similar patterns of weight change over time may provide insight into influences of weight stability or gain. METHODS Latent class growth modeling was used to define subgroups of weight change in adult members of the Gila River Indian Community participating in at least four non-diabetic health exams including OGTTs (N = ...

Weight Loss and Health Outcomes

Is cooking at home associated with better diet quality or weight-loss intention?

OBJECTIVE To examine national patterns in cooking frequency and diet quality among adults in the USA, overall and by weight-loss intention. DESIGN Analysis of cross-sectional 24 h dietary recall and interview data. Diet quality measures included total kilojoules per day, grams of fat, sugar and carbohydrates per day, fast-food meals per week, and frozen/pizza and ready-to-eat meals consumed i...

Caffeine Treatment Prevented from Weight Regain after Calorie Shifting Diet Induced Weight Loss

Low calorie diets are always difficult for obese subjects to follow and lead to metabolic and behavioral adaptation. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of caffeine treatment with calorie shifting diet (CSD) on weight loss. Female subjects (n=98; BMI≥25) completed 4-weeks control diet, 6-weeks CSD (3 repeated phases; each 2-weeks) and 4-weeks follow-up diet, with or without caffeine treatment (5...