Weight Loss

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the most read cardiology news of January 2022.

A lifestyle intervention delivered at work sites with or without meal replacement was associated with a mean weight loss of more than 8% at 6 months, according to a study published in Obesity.

Among adults with overweight or obesity, weight loss of 10%, with or without physical activity, improved biomarkers of insulin resistance and cardiometabolic health, according to results of a secondary analysis of the Heart Health Study.

Healthy vegan or low-fat omnivorous soul food diets yield no significant differences in weight loss or lipid and blood pressure levels among African American adults, according to a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

In the general population, long-term weight change is strongly associated with the average daily number of medium and large meals but not with a specific time-restricted eating strategy, researchers reported.

Participants in a weight-loss program with early time-restricted eating shifted their eating into a smaller window earlier in the day, but did not change frequency or amount of consumption, diet quality or other eating behaviors.

Acceptance-based therapy was as effective as enhanced care for weight loss among adolescent girls with overweight or obesity, according to a pilot randomized controlled trial published in Childhood Obesity.

Fecal microbiota transplantation 6 months before bariatric surgery did not reduce body weight in a small cohort of patients with obesity in Finland, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Notable updates to the American Diabetes Association’s 2023 Standards of Care address the role of weight loss in diabetes management and cardiovascular risks and now advise lower targets for blood pressure and LDL cholesterol.

With a lack of well-defined guidelines, many primary care providers in the United Kingdom provided generic weight-loss advice to patients with obesity, a recent study found.