Why the study?
Does weight loss reduce the risk of coronary heart disease or mortality in middle-aged overweight or obese US women?
Does weight loss reduce the risk of coronary heart disease or mortality in middle-aged overweight or obese US women?
Maintaining or losing weight after becoming overweight or obese did not reduce the 26-year risk of CHD or death in middle-aged US women, although it did reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Weight loss not associated with lower CHD risk in this cohort; should not change practice and leaves open need for RCTs.
Danaei et al. (2015) studied this question.
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