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Nutritional and food education is an important complementary therapeutic approach in promoting health and preventing complications in individuals with severe obesity.

Practitioners should incorporate nutritional and food education into treatment plans for severe obesity.

The intervention led to greater understanding and motivation for dietary changes among families.

Family involvement in nutritional education can enhance adherence to dietary changes.

Home-based exercise may improve upper-body strength (SMD = 0.39) and lower-body strength (SMD = 0.42) in older adults.

Practitioners can consider home-based exercise programs to enhance strength in older adults.

The HWL intervention can be delivered via videoconference and is effective with or without meal replacements.

Practitioners can implement the HWL intervention remotely, making it accessible for various workplace settings.

Targeted resistance training combined with increased protein intake led to measurable improvements in strength and body composition.

Practitioners can implement low-effort resistance training and protein intake strategies to improve strength in patients with chronic lung disease.

Strength training with lighter loads (20-24 repetitions) is feasible and acceptable in middle-aged and older adults.

Practitioners can implement lighter load strength training programs for older adults effectively.

Strength endurance improved in the light load (LL) group compared to the moderate load (ML) group.

Lighter load training may be beneficial for improving strength endurance in older adults.

Leg press one repetition maximum (1RM) strength favored the moderate load (ML) group.

Moderate load training may be more effective for increasing maximal strength in older adults.

Aggregate maximum strength was superior when maintaining resistance training volume compared to increases of 30% or 60%.

Maintaining training volume may be more effective for maximizing strength in trained individuals.

Caffeine supplementation resulted in significantly higher mean velocity at 40, 60, 80, and 90% of 1RM for both back squat and deadlift exercises compared with placebo.

Caffeine can be used as an effective ergogenic aid to enhance performance in powerlifting.

Mean power was significantly greater with caffeine intake during the back squat at 60%, 80%, and 90% of 1RM.

Incorporating caffeine may improve power output during high-intensity powerlifting.

Caffeine intake led to lower ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) for back squat and deadlift exercises.

Caffeine can help athletes feel less exertion during heavy lifts, potentially improving performance.

The 7-9 RPE group trained with significantly higher intensity compared to the 4-6 RPE group.

Higher intensity training may be more effective for strength adaptations.

Both the 4-6 RPE group and the 7-9 RPE group showed significant increases in bench press one-repetition maximum (1RM) strength after 8 weeks of training.

Resistance training programs can effectively improve bench press strength regardless of proximity to failure.

Both the 4-6 RPE group and the 7-9 RPE group experienced significant increases in back squat 1RM, with the 4-6 RPE group increasing from 142.29 kg to 156.07 kg (+11.53%) and the 7-9 RPE group increasing from 137.57 kg to 152.64 kg (+11.68%).

Both training protocols can effectively improve back squat strength, allowing trainers to choose based on individual preferences for training intensity.

The 7-9 RPE group trained with significantly higher average relative intensity (82.2% of 1RM) compared to the 4-6 RPE group (72.0% of 1RM).

Higher intensity training may lead to better strength outcomes, suggesting a focus on intensity for advanced lifters.

Almost all powerlifters (>97.5%) incorporated varied practice, including barbell variations and accessory exercises.

Incorporating varied exercises can be beneficial for powerlifters' training regimens.

Both training programs (4-6 RPE and 7-9 RPE) resulted in increases in back squat one-repetition maximum (1RM), with the 4-6 RPE group increasing by +13.78 kg and the 7-9 RPE group increasing by +18.05 kg.

Both training intensities can effectively increase squat strength, allowing trainers to choose based on individual preferences or goals.

Resistance training with 4-6 RPE and 7-9 RPE produce statistically similar bench press strength improvements.

Practitioners can use either 4-6 RPE or 7-9 RPE in resistance training for similar strength gains.

Increases in 1RM bench press were observed in all groups.

All training protocols led to significant strength improvements, indicating effectiveness.

Total repetitions per set was significantly predictive of RIRDIFF at both 4 (p = 0.033) and 1RIR (p = 0.022) for absolute RIRDIFF.

Understanding the impact of total repetitions can help in better RIR predictions.

RIR accuracy at the predicted 1 RIR was significantly greater than at the predicted 4 RIR in both the bench press and the squat.

Trained individuals are more accurate in predicting their repetitions in reserve when closer to muscular failure.

At the end of the one-year course, 18 participants reduced their weight by an average of 8.6% from their initial weight.

Weight reduction programs focusing on coping strategies for carbohydrate avoidance can be effective.

18 participants reduced their weight by an average of 8.6% from baseline after a one-year course focused on coping strategies for low carbohydrate intake.

Practitioners can implement similar group courses focusing on coping strategies for low carbohydrate diets to aid weight loss.