Eight-Year Weight Losses with an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention: The Look AHEAD Study

By Ph.D Thomas A. Wadden. Obesity, 2014

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To evaluate 8‐year weight losses achieved with intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study.

Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pharmacy, Surgery

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• Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after The Biggest Loser competition (2016, background): “Only 37% of the lifestyle intervention arm of the Diabetes Prevention Program maintained at least 7% weight loss after 3 years (33), and 27% of the intensive lifestyle intervention arm of the Look AHEAD trial maintained 10% weight loss after 8 years (34).”