A program of exercise, healthy eating, and group meetings at a local clinic helps people lose belly fat without necessarily losing overall weight, which is good for heart health.

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A 3-Year Randomized Trial of Lifestyle Intervention for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Primary Care Setting: The Swedish Björknäs Study

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2009

This study tested the exact same lifestyle program as the claim—exercise, diet help, and group meetings—and found that it shrank people’s waistlines and improved their waist-to-hip ratio, just like the claim said.

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A 3-Year Randomized Trial of Lifestyle Intervention for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Primary Care Setting: The Swedish Björknäs Study

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005195

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