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Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1998-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3575 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Overweight.

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Mail and phone interventions for weight loss in a managed-care setting: weigh-to-be 2-year outcomes.

TL;DR: Although mail- and phone-based weight-loss programs can be delivered to large numbers of people in an MCO setting, additional work is needed to enhance their clinical efficacy as well as to assess their costs.
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Predictors of Attrition in a Large Clinic‐Based Weight‐Loss Program

TL;DR: Multivariable modeling was helpful for prioritizing risk factors for program dropout and have important implications for improving weight-loss program effectiveness and reducing attrition.
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Statin Use, Clinical Fracture, and Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

TL;DR: Examining the association of statin use with levels of bone density and rates of hip, lower arm or wrist, and other clinical fractures in the Women's Health Initiative cohort of postmenopausal women raised the possibility that statin treatment might prevent both coronary and fracture events, two major causes of morbidity in older women, later in life.
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Evaluating change in physical activity with the building of a multi-use trail

TL;DR: This prospective study of the building of a multi-use trail did not demonstrate an increase in physical activity among adults living near the trail.
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Lorcaserin (APD356), a Selective 5‐HT2C Agonist, Reduces Body Weight in Obese Men and Women

TL;DR: Lorcaserin was well tolerated and efficacious for weight reduction in obese patients during a 12‐week study and longer‐term trials employing behavior modification will be needed to more fully assess its safety and efficacy.
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