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Article: POTPOURRI; Moderate weight loss has lasting health effects
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- Filipino Reporter
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- February 10, 2005
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Sibal, Meg
Filipino Reporter
02-10-2005
OVERWEIGHT or obese individuals who have all but given up on losing weight
using drastic measures would be happy to know that even moderate weight
loss (as little as 5 percent to 10 percent of one's body weight) can have
long-lasting health effects and has received increasing attention as a
weight-loss strategy, according to the January 2005 issue of the Mayo
Clinic Health Letter.
A gradual and moderate weight loss is more likely to be maintained over a
long period of time as compared to many weight loss programs in which the
large majority of individuals regain most of the weight initially lost and,
possibly, even add more.
Overweight or obese individuals are ...