Preservation of healthy lean body mass and function during weight loss
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posted on 2024-05-14, 15:54 authored by Tom Wilkinson, Dimitris Papamargaritis, James KingJames King, Jack Sargeant, Cearon Sutcliffe, Luke Baker, Shahrad Taheri, Melanie Davies, Thomas YatesSustainable treatments for obesity are needed and novel pharmacotherapies that aid weight loss appear promising. In their proposed agenda, Pinkney and Tarrant1 highlight additional priorities towards behavioural approaches in people living with obesity alongside current and emerging medical treatment. We support these suggestions and would like to highlight a different but aligned area of importance: the preservation of healthy lean body mass (LBM), in particular, skeletal muscle and physical function, during periods of substantial weight loss. [...]
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Clinical ObesityVolume
14Issue
4Publisher
WileyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wilkinson, T.J., Papamargaritis, D., King, J.A., Sargeant, J.A., Sutcliffe, C., Baker, L.A., Taheri, S., Yates, T. and Davies, M.J. (2024), Preservation of healthy lean body mass and function during weight loss. Clinical Obesity, 14: e12683. https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12683, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12683. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.Acceptance date
2024-05-13Publication date
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2024ISSN
1758-8103eISSN
1758-8111Publisher version
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