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SUBMITTER: Williams RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4359685 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Williams R L RL Wood L G LG Collins C E CE Callister R R
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 20141211 2
Effective strategies are required to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity; however, the effectiveness of current weight loss programmes is variable. One contributing factor may be the difference in weight loss success between men and women. A systematic review was conducted to determine whether the effectiveness of weight loss interventions differs between men and women. Randomized controlled trials published up until March 2014 were included. Effect sizes (Hedges' g) were used to exa ...[more]