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Article: Slim-Fast-aided weight loss improves obesity.
- Article from:
- Nutraceuticals International
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Losing weight with a reduced-calorie diet intervention that incorporates Slim-Fast meal replacements and exercise training, along with education and lifestyle behavior changes, can significantly reduce the pain and physical impairment of osteoarthritis in obese people aged 60 or older, according to a study published in the July issue of Obesity, the official journal of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
Consumer goods giant Unilever, the maker of the Slim-Fast range of meal replacement products, noted that, after six months, average weight loss was 8.7% among people in the Slim-Fast program with nearly half of the group achieving a weight ...