Is 5% weight loss a satisfactory criterion to define clinically significant weight loss?

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2319-2320

  Williamson, Donald A ^a   Bray, George A ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84955177742     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21358     Document Type: Review

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