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Diet and lifestyle interventions are favored for promoting weight loss in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Practitioners should prioritize diet and lifestyle changes for weight management in these populations.
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Owing in part to the perceived simplicity and relatively low cost, diet and lifestyle interventions have long been favoured as a means of promoting weight loss in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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The claim is supported by a broad consensus on the effectiveness of these interventions.
Source
Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery
Alexis Sudlow et al. · 2024
DOI 10.1002/9781119697473.ch38
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