Weight loss methods that actually work according to vital new study
dailyrecord.co.ukMost overweight people who try to shed pounds are unsuccessful, a new study argues. According to findings, only about a quarter of obese people who tried to lose weight were able to keep off a substantial amount a year later.
The new survey, which is being shown to the European Congress on Obesity in the Netherlands, monitored information on adults from a range of countries - including France, Italy, Germany, the UK and Spain.Scientists, led by Dr Marc Evans from University Hospital Cardiff, studied data on 1,850 obese adults with an average age of 53, of whom 79% said they had attempted weight loss in the last year.
Of those studied, 72% had gone on diets while others had also utilised exercise, medication, had surgery, or used weight loss apps.
Researchers found that among those who had attempted to lose weight, 73.4% had not achieved “clinically meaningful” weight loss.Here is what the study found about the following weight loss methods, which are likely to work, and the least affective.Those who had surgery were most likely to have lost weight – with half losing at least 5% of their body weight.
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