The authors of this review claimed to confirm the important role of diet and exercise in short- and long-term weight loss although the conclusions appeared self-evident, they did not follow directly from the results presented, which compared diet and exercise to diet alone. Long-term weight loss after diet and exercise a systematic review. Objective: to assess the effectiveness of dietary interventions and exercise in long-term weight loss in overweight and obese people design: a systematic review with meta-analysis subjects: overweight and obese adults f18 years old or older with body mass index (calculated as weight divided by the square of height in meters)425 data source: medline, cochrane library and lilacs databases up.
long-term weight loss after diet and exercise a systematic review
Curioni cc, lourenco pm long-term weight loss after diet and exercise: a systematic review int j obes (lond) 2005;29:1168–74 q in overweight and obese adults, is a combination of dietary intervention and exercise more effective than dietary intervention alone for inducing long term weight loss? ### ![graphic][1] data sources: cochrane controlled trials register ( cochrane library. References. schwingshackl l, dias s, hoffman g. impact of long-term lifestyle programmes on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight/obese participants: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.syst rev. 2014; 3:130. shaw ka, gennat hc, o’rourke p et al. exercise for overweight or obesity. cochrane database syst rev. 2006; issue 4.. Background: weight-loss maintenance remains a major challenge in obesity treatment. objective: the objective was to evaluate the effects of anti-obesity drugs, diet, or exercise on weight-loss maintenance after an initial very-low-calorie diet (vlcd)/low-calorie diet (lcd) period (<1000 kcal/d). design: we conducted a systematic review by using medline, the cochrane controlled trial register.
