An innovative study conducted by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Leipzig University Medical Center is challenging decades of conventional wisdom around what defines success in dieting and lifestyle interventions.
Published in The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study presents a pooled analysis of 761 participants from three landmark long-term randomised controlled trials: DIRECT, CENTRAL, and DIRECT PLUS.
Dr. Anat Yaskolka Meir, the study’s first author, a registered dietitian and postdoctoral researcher at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said: “We have been conditioned to equate weight loss with health, but our findings prove that’s not the whole picture. Even people who do not lose weight can improve their metabolism and reduce their long-term risk for disease. That’s a message of hope, not failure.”
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