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How much weight do I need to lose to reduce the risk of T2DM, Cardiovascular disease and hyperlipidaemia
HbA1c levels are lowered with a total body weight loss of 5% or more, which also helps to minimize other disease-related problems of obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the percentage weight loss required to minimize the risks of other chronic diseases.
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How much weight do you need to lose to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high lipids? The answer is somewhere around 5-10% weight loss in your body weight will make a big impact on these conditions. Of course there are people out there who have blood pressure which is genetically high or lipids that are genetically high and obviously for those people the weight loss may not contribute that much to improvements, but for others where these illnesses are due to their weight, a small amount of weight loss of 5-10% will make a big improvement in these diseases.
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