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Spring/Summer 1997
National Task Force Workshop Determines Need for
Weight-loss Clinical Trial
Participants at the National Institutes of Health/National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' (NIDDK) National Task Force
on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity workshop concluded a randomized
clinical trial (RCT) is necessary to show the risks and benefits of intentional
weight loss in obese individuals. Attendees at the April 17-18, 1997,
workshop concurred that any RCT pursued must consider the health effects
of sustained weight loss.
"Workshop participants agreed that there are many unknowns about an issue
with tremendous public health implications that can only be definitively
addressed by a clinical trial," says Dr. Susan Yanovski, Task Force executive
director.
Experts in obesity, nutrition, epidemiology, pharmacology, psychology,
exercise physiology, and clinical trials design attended the "Workshop
to Determine the Feasibility of an RCT of Long-term Intentional Weight
Loss in Obesity" on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda,
Maryland.
Clinicians and researchers discussed current knowledge about the health
effects of intentional weight loss in humans and animals, as well as study
design issues.
NIDDK will make workshop proceedings available through the Weight-control
Information Network. NIDDK will also collect additional information to
determine which outcome measures, interventions, and populations might
be feasible to study.
NIDDK, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute
on Aging, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute cosponsored
the workshop.
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