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Discovery of the day · Diabetes
[Correspondence] Do weight loss and weight cycling present a clinically meaningful risk in older patients?
Dear Dr. Vijay Viswanathan, this is your personalized scientific intelligence briefing — curated for your work in Diabetes.
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Medicine · Diabetes & Endocrinology
Discovery of the day
This correspondence argues that the assumption of minimal harm from intermittent weight loss may not hold for the majority of patients with obesity, particularly in the context of ageing. The authors contend that the prior Personal View’s central conclusion, while plausible, effectively excludes most patients with obesity, whom they argue are likely to face clinically meaningful risks from weight loss and weight cycling. For a clinician managing aging patients with diabetes and obesity, this debate directly informs the risk–benefit calculus of recommending repeated weight-loss interventions, highlighting the need to consider frailty and metabolic vulnerability in the Indian population where such strategies are commonly advised.
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