By limiting their menu to nutrient shakes, salads, and meal bars for 44 months and attending regular counseling, Kentucky residents weighing an average of 352 pounds were able to lose more than half of their weight. And they kept most of it off for five years.
Along the way, two-thirds stopped needing medication for their comorbidities.
A new national survey documents the “epidemic”: In 19 states, primarily in the South, one-fourth of all adults are obese.
Another new study reported this week shows that treating gestational diabetes can reduce obesity risk for the offspring.
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