Study in half a million adults with overweight or obesity suggests benefit of weight loss on serious health problems

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/eaft-sih090220.php

News Release 3-Sep-2020
European Association for the Study of Obesity

People with obesity who intentionally (not because of illness) lost an average (median) 13% of their initial body weight reduced their relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 42%-44%, sleep apnoea by 22%-27%, high blood pressure by 18%-25%, and dyslipidaemia (unusually high levels of cholesterol and other fats in the blood) by 20-22%, according to a study of over 550,000 adults in primary care in the UK. 

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