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A structured weight loss maintenance program incorporating commonly used diets was feasible, tolerable, and efficacious for 10 months after rapid weight loss.

Practitioners can consider structured maintenance diets to support weight loss in OSA patients.

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After weight loss with a 2-month VLED in obese patients with OSA, a structured weight loss maintenance programme...was feasible, tolerable and efficacious for 10 months.
Elizabeth A. Cayanan et al. · Journal of Sleep Research · 2017

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The study design supports the claims made about the maintenance program.

Source

Maintenance diets following rapid weight loss in obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot 1‐year clinical trial

Elizabeth A. Cayanan et al. · Journal of Sleep Research · 2017

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