Obesity: Diet and nutritional management

Restricting eating to within a 10-hour daily window results in weight loss and metabolic benefits for people with metabolic syndrome, report researchers in Cell Metabolism.

People who are trying to maintain weight loss with the help of electronic health records-based tracking tools do significantly better if they are given access to an online coach, shows a randomized trial.

Adding intensive weight management to group medical visits for type 2 diabetes leads to greater weight loss, reduced medication use, and fewer hypoglycemic events, with a similar improvement in glycemic control, research shows.

Findings from the GRAVITAS trial indicate that use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide alongside a diet and physical activity intervention may improve glycemic control among people with persistent or recurrent type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery.

Type 2 diabetes remission can be achieved within 1 year at a cost below the average annual cost of diabetes management, even when including complications, shows an economic evaluation of the DiRECT/Counterweight-Plus weight management program.

Following the positive 2-year results of DiRECT, this symposium shared the first-hand experiences of a dietician, a general practitioner, and a person with diabetes who participated in the DiRECT study.

Just over a third of people who undertook a period on a very-low-calorie diet in the DiRECT trial to tackle type 2 diabetes are in remission 24 months later, the investigators have reported.

Less than perfect attendance at commercial weight loss programs does not consign participants to failure, study findings show.

The PREVIEW project investigators have reported broadly positive results, but tempered by issues such as a high dropout rate.

Obese primary care patients referred to a total diet replacement program run by a commercial provider achieve substantial amounts of weight loss a year later, show findings from a randomized trial.

Findings of a randomized trial suggest that challenging people’s habits can lead to sustained weight loss, even if the habits targeted have nothing to do with healthy eating.

Analysis of data from the Look AHEAD trial suggests that a long-term intensive lifestyle intervention could delay the onset of physical disability among overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Researchers from the DiRECT trial have reported large positive effects on liver fat and insulin secretion among people who achieved type 2 diabetes remission in response to a very-low-calorie diet.

The amount of weight loss achieved with a healthy low-fat diet is no different to that achieved with a healthy low-carbohydrate diet, according to US researchers.

Findings of a randomized trial indicate that engaging in group cognitive behavioral therapy does not help people to maintain weight loss after a very-low-calorie diet.

Eating a healthy diet is of particular benefit for people with high genetic risk for obesity, report researchers in The BMJ.

Real-life data show that a structured weight management program can lead to sustained weight loss, improved glycemic control, and a reduced need for medication in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research suggests that what people trying to lose weight choose to eat may be at least as important as what they avoid.

A partnership between primary care and commercial weight management providers could help reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes among patients with hyperglycemia, UK study findings show.

Two analyses of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology cohort associate low dietary fat and high carbohydrate intake with an atherogenic lipid profile and increased mortality.