clinically meaningful weight lossobesity-related complicationsobesityoverweightcomorbiditiesObesity is a chronic disease with increasing prevalence. It affects quality of life and renders those affected at increased risk of mortality. For people living with obesity, weight loss is one of the most important...
Limited work has explored relations of reasons for weight loss to patient characteristics or to weight loss outcomes. The current study examined these relations.doi:10.1002/osp4.372Leah BoeppleIan CeroRyan J. MarekSandra CoulonPatrick M. O'Neil...
(Patients Who Are on Antipsychotics)SAN FRANCISCO -- Schizophrenic patients lost weight during the course of two small, nonrandomized studies of weight-loss programs for patients on atypical antipsychotics, agents that tend to cause weight gain.Boschert, Sherry...
Mean weight loss of 9.2% (8.8 kg) was observed for liraglutide (3.0 mg), 6.8% (6.5 kg) for liraglutide (1.8 mg), and 3.1% (3.0 kg) for placebo (data on file). Because the present study was conducted among patients with diabetes, a more conservative approach was taken in estimating...
Prescription diet drugs may be used as "second-line" treatment, when weight loss has not been successful and the patient has important health risks associated with being overweight or obese.Weight loss drugs are usually indicated for obese patients, or overweight patients with the presence of ...
Patients' self perception of weight status is a factor to be considered before an attempt is made by the clinician to initiate weight loss behaviour.We compared the weight self assessment of 1973 general practice patients to their body mass index (BMI). Patients also ranked the success of any...
Many patients have questions about diets, and those adhering to specific diets need patient-tailored monitoring. Nurse practitioners are often called upon to advise, prescribe, and monitor specific weight-reduction and weight-control diets. This article provides guidelines for safe weight reduction and ...
weight loss in inpatients with COVID-19, and the need for post-discharge dietetic support and the General Practitioner (GP) prescription of oral nutritional supplements, during the first COVID-19 wave in a large teaching hospital in the UK. Hospitalised adult patients admitted between March and ...
This cohort study assesses weight loss outcomes of semaglutide at doses used in randomized clinical trials for patients with overweight or obesity.
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