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For obese adults with type 2 diabetes, whether they start supervised exercise early or late during a six-month program does not make a meaningful difference in their metabolic health outcomes.
In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, changes in resting metabolic rate during weight loss are linked to changes in blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels, and aerobic fitness.
In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, burning more calories through physical activity is linked to larger decreases in body weight, body fat, and blood sugar levels.
In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a year-long program that includes eating fewer calories and 12 weeks of supervised exercise is linked to measurable improvements in blood sugar control, body...
Among adults with overweight or obesity who received behavioral support, those who followed a 4:3 intermittent fasting schedule showed the same increase in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over...
Among adults with overweight who received structured weight loss support, those following a diet with three days of severe calorie restriction per week reported greater reductions in episodes of...
In a weight management program, adults following a 4:3 intermittent fasting schedule were less likely to drop out after 12 months than those following a daily calorie-restricted diet.
Among adults with overweight or obesity who received behavioral support, those following a 4:3 intermittent fasting schedule reduced their calorie intake more over 12 months than those following a...
In a 12-month weight loss program for adults with overweight or obesity, a pattern of eating that involves severe calorie restriction on three nonconsecutive days per week led to slightly more weight...
When people eat fewer calories, their cognitive performance may change due to shifts in resting metabolic rate, not because of changes in their weight or body fat. The key factor appears to be how...
In people who are not overweight, eating fewer calories does not lead to better thinking skills by changing how much energy they use in a day or how active they are, because those changes are not...
In adults who are not obese, a higher resting metabolic rate is linked to better cognitive performance at rest, even when accounting for body size and how much energy they consume.
In healthy adults who reduce their calorie intake over a long period, changes in the rate at which the body uses energy at rest are linked to changes in cognitive performance, even when total calorie...
In healthy adults between 21 and 50 years old, reducing calorie intake by 25% for two years is linked to modest improvements in memory and metabolic rate, even when body weight and total energy...
In people with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, eating only during a restricted window each day for 12 weeks is linked to lower levels of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, which may indicate...
In adults with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, following a time-restricted eating schedule for 12 weeks is linked to measurable decreases in two liver enzymes, ALT and AST, which are markers...
In adults with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, following a time-restricted eating schedule for 12 weeks is linked to a small but statistically significant decrease in body weight and body...
In adults with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, following a time-restricted eating schedule for 12 weeks is linked to measurable decreases in liver stiffness and fat content, which may...
In adults with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, eating only between 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm for 12 weeks is linked to measurable improvements in blood sugar levels, body weight, and liver...
Regular physical activity that keeps energy use high may help maintain a higher resting metabolic rate and lower the risk of losing metabolic function and gaining weight as people age.
In older adults who exercise regularly, the extent to which their resting metabolic rate changes during periods of lower energy intake is closely related to how much their body's beta-adrenergic...
In older adults who exercise regularly, the contribution of beta-adrenergic receptors to resting energy use is detectable when energy expenditure is high but disappears when energy expenditure is...
In older adults who regularly exercise, lowering both physical activity and food intake reduces the number of calories burned at rest and decreases nerve activity in skeletal muscle, indicating that...
When young healthy men eat fewer calories than they burn, their bodies burn slightly more energy at rest than expected based on the muscle they lose, suggesting other biological changes are...