Obesity is a chronic relapsing disease requiring a similar long term approach to
management as that of other chronic conditions. Management needs to be multifaceted …

Background: The prevalence of obesity in the UK has reached epidemic proportions and is
continuing to increase. Obesity is one of the most important avoidable risk factors in men …

Consider the criteria discussed below in evaluating whether popular diets are likely to
contribute to safe and effective weight control. General categories of weight-reducing diets …

During the last few years, there has been growing medical interest in the problem of obesity.
Although this may not have resulted in a dramatic breakthrough in our understanding of the …

Treating individuals with weight problems has many similarities to treatment of other chronic
illnesses. For example, hypertension can be treated effectively by current medications. Yet …

In the present study the effect of different lifestyle interventions, aimed at reducing body
weight and body fat mass, were tested in a clinically controlled randomised design. Three …

The principles of weight management in overweight and obesity are primarily to achieve
clinically significant weight loss and secondarily (but perhaps more importantly) to maintain …

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Diet is one of the cornerstones of a weight loss programme. Although there is little evidence
that diet composition plays a clinically important role in the absorption or expenditure of …