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A comprehensive weight loss program can reduce weight by 6% to 7% but confers no clinically significant effects compared with standard care.
Practitioners should note that while weight loss programs can lead to some weight reduction, they may not result in significant clinical improvements.
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The studies found that a comprehensive weight loss program (including motivational counseling, dieting, and exercise) can reduce weight by 6% to 7% but confers no clinically significant effects compared with standard care.
Why this rating
Based on the systematic review of multiple studies.
Source
Weight Loss Interventions as Treatment of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. A Systematic Review
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu et al. · Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2020
DOI 10.1513/annalsats.201907-554oc
systematic_review · n=6Cited 49×
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