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- Introduction
- Medical complications of obesity
- Obesity is the primary risk factor for diabetes
- Age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension vs. BMI
- Metabolic syndrome: clinical identification
- Twin epidemics: parallels in prevalence
- Obesity and coronary heart disease mortality
- Intentional weight loss and its health benefits
- Data supporting life-style intervention
- Weight loss and cardiovascular risk
- US diabetes prevention program
- Study interventions
- Characteristics by treatment group assignment
- DPP: lifestyle intervention
- Dietary factors that affect energy intake
- Weight-Reducing diet - recommended nutrients
- DPP: effect of interventions on weight
- DPP: mean change in leisure physical activity
- DPP: cumulative incidence of diabetes
- Mean change in blood pressure
- Mean change in lipids (1)
- Mean change in lipids (2)
- Thrombogenic and inflammatory risk
- Mean change in TPA
- Mean change in fibrinogen
- Mean change in CRP
- CRP levels in obese postmenopausal women
- Finnish diabetes prevention study
- FDPS: goals of intervention
- FDPS: effect of interventions on weight
- FDPS: prevention of diabetes
- FDPS: changes in clinical and metabolic variables
- Hazard rate for diabetes and the change in weight
- DPP and FDPS conclusions
- LookAHEAD trial (1)
- Look AHEAD trial (2)
- Baseline characteristics of participants
- LookAHEAD interventions
- LookAHEAD: weight loss at 1-year
- LookAHEAD: fitness change at 1-year
- LookAHEAD: glycemia outcomes
- LookAHEAD: blood pressure outcomes
- LookAHEAD: lipid outcomes
- LookAHEAD: other outcomes
- LookAHEAD: conclusions
- Trials of hypertension prevention, phase II
- TOHP II: effect of intervention on weight
- TOHP II: mean change in blood pressure
- Effects of population-based BP reduction
- Effect of modest weight loss on cholesterol
- Effect of weight loss on HDL-C in type 2 diabetes
- Weight loss: mechanisms for improvement in risks
- Adipose tissue as endocrine cells
- Obesity as a therapeutic target for prevention
- Cancer incidence attributable to obesity
- All cause mortality
- Thank you
Topics Covered
- Medical complications of obesity
- Obesity is the primary risk factor for diabetes
- Age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension vs. BMI
- Metabolic syndrome: clinical identification
- Obesity and coronary heart disease mortality
- Data supporting life-style intervention
- Weight loss and cardiovascular risk
- US diabetes prevention program
- Study interventions
- DPP: lifestyle intervention
- Dietary factors that affect energy intake
- Weight-Reducing diet
- recommended nutrients
- Mean change in blood pressure
- Mean change in lipids
- Thrombogenic and inflammatory risk
- Mean change in TPA
- Mean change in fibrinogen
- Mean change in CRP
- Finnish diabetes prevention study
- Hazard rate for diabetes and the change in weight
- LookAHEAD trial
- Trials of hypertension prevention, phase II
- Effects of population-based BP reduction
- Effect of modest weight loss on cholesterol
- Adipose tissue as endocrine cells
- Obesity as a therapeutic target for prevention
- Cancer incidence attributable to obesity
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Talk Citation
Pi-Sunyer, X. (2009, May 31). Health benefits of intentional weight loss [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 17, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/KYDT9407.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on May 31, 2009
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Xavier Pi-Sunyer has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.