Weight-loss strategies

Weight-loss strategies have no effect on BMI reduction in humans.

“BMI reduction was similar across interventions.”

HumansComparison of lifestyle modification, weight-loss medications, and bariatric surgeryn = 1,131

Cumulative obesity exposure and hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer risk following different weight-loss interventions: retrospective cohort study

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)·16 Sep 2026

Weight-loss strategies have no effect on hepatopancreatobiliary cancer incidence in humans (Lifestyle 2.05%; medication-induced 3.24%; surgery-induced 1.05%; P = 0.334).

“Incidence did not differ significantly among lifestyle (2.05%), medication-induced (3.24%), and surgery-induced (1.05%) groups (P = 0.334).”

HumansAdults who achieved weight loss; comparison of lifestyle modification, weight-loss medications, and bariatric surgeryn = 1,131

Cumulative obesity exposure and hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer risk following different weight-loss interventions: retrospective cohort study

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)·16 Sep 2026