Researchers say that fasting and weight loss drugs tend not to create as sustainable results as adjusting diet and exercise habits.
A new study publishedin the Journal of the American Heart Associationstudied weight loss strategies between those with and without a recent history of clinically significant weight loss.
The AHA’s Life Essential 8 encourages people to eat better, be more active, quit tobacco, get healthy sleep, manage weight, control cholesterol, manage blood sugar and manage blood pressure. While those who adhered to Life’s Essential 8 tended to do better with weight loss, and thus cardiovascular health, the study found that those who tended to skip meals and take prescription diet pills had minimal weight loss."Based on the findings in this study, we have a lot of work to do as a country," said senior study author Dr. Colleen Spees.
"Clinically significant weight loss results in improvements in some health indices," Spees said."People should feel hopeful in knowing that losing just 5% of their body weight is meaningful in terms of clinical improvements. This is not a huge weight loss. It's achievable for most, and I would hope that incentivizes people instead of being paralyzed with a fear of failure."
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