Trial reportArchives of osteoporosis2023
The long-term effect of intentional weight loss on changes in bone mineral density in persons with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD randomized trial.
Trial report in Archives of osteoporosis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00017953 (Look AHEAD), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Look AHEAD: Action for Health in Diabetes
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sex Hormones Mediate Intensive Lifestyle Intervention-Induced Bone Mineral Density Changes: Look AHEAD Sex Hormone Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Trial
- Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, and Bone Health in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Why Do We Lose Bone During Weight Loss: Can It Be Prevented?Current osteoporosis reports · 2026Review
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- Weight loss lifestyle intervention and bone health hormonal markers in type 2 diabetes: analysis from look AHEAD study.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Bone Health Following Lifestyle-Induced Weight Loss in Individuals With Overweight/Obesity: A Narrative Review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Review
- The impact of lifestyle-based weight loss in older adults with obesity on muscle and bone health: a balancing act.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Review
- Weight Loss Differentially Impacts Sex Hormones in Women and Men With Type 2 Diabetes: Look AHEAD Sex Hormone Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Updates on Methods for Body Composition Analysis: Implications for Clinical Practice.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Once-weekly semaglutide versus placebo in adults with increased fracture risk: a randomised, double-blinded, two-centre, phase 2 trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Weight Loss Interventions and Skeletal Health in Persons with Diabetes.Current osteoporosis reports · 2022Review
- New drugs for weight loss: Why change in body composition matters and why nutrition and exercise remain paramount.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadienReview
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Abstract
Intentional weight loss has been shown to increase bone loss short term but the long-term effects are not known. Data from the Look AHEAD clinical trial shows that a long term intentional weight loss intervention was associated with greater bone loss at the hip in men. PURPOSE: Intentional weight loss has been shown to increase bone loss short term and increase frailty fracture risk, but the long-term effects on bone mineral density (BMD) are not known.
methodsData from a subgroup from the Look AHEAD (LA) multicenter, randomized clinical trial was used to evaluate whether a long term intentional weight loss intervention would increase bone loss. In a preplanned substudy, BMD was assessed at 5 of the 16 LA clinical centers using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at baseline, year 8, and the observational visit 12.6-16.3 years after randomization (year 12-16).
resultsAt year 8, bone density loss (%) was greater in the Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) group compared with the control group (DSE) for the femoral neck (p = 0.0122) but this finding was not observed at the year 12-16 visit. In analyses stratified by gender, bone density loss (%) was greater at the total hip for men in the ILI group than the DSE group at both the year 8 and year 12-16 visits (year 8 p = 0.0263 and year 12-16 p = 0.0062). This finding was not observed among women.
conclusionLong term intentional weight loss was associated with greater bone loss at the hip in men. These results taken with the previously published Look AHEAD data from the entire clinical trial showing increased frailty fracture risk with weight loss in the ILI group suggest that when intentional weight loss is planned, consideration of bone density preservation and fracture prevention strategies is warranted.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00017953. June 21, 2001.
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