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Yeah, there are a lot of published studies showing this is very impactful. Within certain thresholds, losing weight has been shown to be the biggest change to
by nscalf 4y ago
Yeah, there are a lot of published studies showing this is very impactful. Within certain thresholds, losing weight has been shown to be the biggest change to all cause mortality rates. If you are obese, the most impactful thing on health is losing weight. This obviously isn't true for people with very low BMIs, but there have been a lot of population level studies looking at all cause mortality.
- PuppyTailWags 4y agoWhat are the certain thresholds? Can we be more specific than lowered all-cause mortality, such as specific diseases we know have causal relationships with obesity specifically? I'm asking because I'm not that educated, but if you know there are studies showing e.g. purely losing weight with no lifestyle changes means less heart attacks, less joint replacements, less cancer, etc. please share.
- stonogo 4y agoCaveat: it's generally not possible to "lose weight with no lifestyle changes." Even taking anti-obesity drugs results in lifestyle changes along with the weight loss. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12457296/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12457296/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/74/5/579/4737391 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/74/5/579/4737391 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(16)30053-5 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(16)... https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4849 https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4849 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004094 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...
- PuppyTailWags 4y agoThis is exactly what I was looking for, huge thanks.