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Celebrate Any Weight Loss.
As tough as it is to help overweight patients achieve sustained weight loss, studies clearly show the success rate is only half as good when patients have type 2 diabetes, Dr. Samuel Klein said at a satellite conference held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
"A 5% body weight loss can have significant medical benefits in patients with diabetes," said Dr. Klein of Washington University, St. Louis, who offered the following tips:
Food Strategies. It's important for patients to hear about the positive things they can add to their diet, such as 25-30 g more per day of fiber along with more fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, and water.
Physicians underutilize meal-replacement therapy with packaged food like Weight Watchers in their diabetic patients. Studies with 4-year follow-up have shown that consuming one or two such meals per day is helpful in maintaining weight loss.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Celebrate Any Weight Loss.