Effects of intended weight loss on morbidity and mortality: possible explanations of controversial results

Long-term, population-based, observational studies have shown that intended weight loss does not always reduce the mortality associated with obesity. The effects of weight loss on mortality may be a balance between the effects of the loss of harmful abdominal and ectopic fat mass and the loss of ben...

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Published in:	Nutrition reviews Vol. 64; no. 11; pp. 502 - 507
Main Authors:	Berentzen, T, Sorensen, T.I.A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-11-2006 International Life Sciences Institute Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Adipose Tissue - metabolism Biological and medical sciences Body Composition - physiology body fat distribution body mass index cancer Cardiovascular disease cardiovascular diseases Diabetes Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance human health Humans literature reviews Medical sciences morbidity Mortality Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism neoplasms Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - mortality type 2 diabetes Weight control weight loss Weight Loss - physiology Endocrinopathy Type 2 diabetes Human Adipose tissue Body weight Mortality Weight loss Metabolic diseases Cardiovascular disease Corporal biometry Malignant tumor Body composition Morbidity Cancer
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