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Moderate weight loss (5 to 10%) can cause significant improvements in conditions like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
Practitioners should aim for moderate weight loss in patients to improve health outcomes.
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Moderate weight loss (5 to 10%), such as that achieved with lifestyle modifications and medications, has also been proven to cause significant improvements in many conditions, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, cancer, and sleep apnea.
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Pharmacologic Therapy For Obesity
Lorenna Rodrigues Silva Sombra et al. · StatPearls · 2021
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