The Claim

Among hypertensive overweight adults who completed a weight loss program, 55% of those in an intensive lifestyle intervention group maintained weight at or below baseline levels one year later, compared to 48% in a monitoring group, with no statistically significant difference between groups.

Source: One year follow-up of overweight and obese hypertensive adults following intensive lifestyle therapy.

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Quantitative
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In plain English

After a weight loss program, more people who got intense lifestyle help kept their weight down a year later compared to those just being monitored, but the difference wasn’t big enough to be sure it wasn’t just by chance.

See the scientific wording

Among hypertensive overweight adults who completed a weight loss program, 55% of those in an intensive lifestyle intervention group maintained weight at or below baseline levels one year later, compared to 48% in a monitoring group, with no statistically significant difference between groups.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: One year follow-up of overweight and obese hypertensive adults following intensive lifestyle therapy.

    The study looked at people who lost weight with a lifestyle program and found that about the same number stayed at or below their starting weight after a year compared to those just being monitored, and the difference wasn’t significant. This matches the claim.

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