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Reductions in liver fat or visceral adipose tissue do not differ significantly with the dose or intensity of aerobic exercise

Exercise Dose, Intensity Don’t Impact Reduction in Liver Fat

In randomized trial, no difference in efficacy of liver fat reduction by aerobic exercise dose, intensity
Only two out of 32 major commercial weight-loss programs marketed nationwide -- Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig -- can boast scientific evidence showing their clients maintain weight loss for at least a year

Two Commercial Weight Loss Plans Come Out on Top

Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig beat other commercial diet plans in new research
Motivational interviewing can help patients lose weight in a primary care setting

Motivational Interviewing Aids Weight Loss in Primary Care

Review shows benefit for patients, with significant weight loss reported in 37.5 percent of studies
Lifestyle-based weight loss intervention trials in type 2 diabetes achieve modest reductions in weight and glycated hemoglobin levels

Lifestyle Interventions for Diabetes Yield Modest Results

Findings based on pooled data regarding weight loss, HbA1c from 10 studies
Bariatric surgery cuts the risk of an emergency department visit or hospitalization for asthma exacerbation in obese patients by half

Bariatric Surgery May Help Reduce Asthma Exacerbations

Obese asthma patients had half as many ER visits, hospitalizations after surgery
For obese patients with atrial fibrillation

ACC: Sustained Weight Loss Cuts A-Fib Burden

Weight loss of >10 percent linked to six-fold increase in odds of arrhythmia-free survival
For people who are obese and sedentary

Both High and Low Intensity Exercise Benefit Weight, Waist

But only higher intensity exercise lowers blood glucose levels
After undergoing weight-loss surgery

Benefits/Risks Seen in Pregnancy Post Bariatric Surgery

Gestational diabetes less likely, but smaller infants more common
For Japanese men with visceral fat accumulation and hemoglobin A1C of 5.6 to 6.4 percent

At Least 4 to 5 Percent Weight Loss Needed to Cut Diabetes Risk

Findings in Japanese men with visceral fat accumulation, hemoglobin A1C of 5.6 to 6.4 percent
Extremely obese adolescents in an intensive 10-month residential treatment program lost more weight than their counterparts

Residential Program Cuts CVD Risk Factors in Obese Youth

Helps with weight loss, but therapy is costly and long-term results are unknown