Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: Weight loss interventions, particularly multimodal interventions (incorporating diet, exercise and psychosocial support), in overweight or obese breast cancer survivors appear to result in decreases in body weight, BMI and waist circumference and improvement in overall quality of life. There was no increase in adverse events. There is a lack of data to determine the impact of weight loss interventions on survival or breast cancer recurrence. This review is based on studies with marked heterogeneity regarding weight loss interventions. Due to the methods used in included studies, there was a high risk of bias regarding blinding of participants and assessors. Further research is required to determine the optimal weight loss intervention and assess the impact of weight loss on survival outcomes. Long-term follow-up in weight loss intervention studies is required to determine if weight changes are sustained beyond the intervention periods.
PMID: 33305350 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Shaikh H, Bradhurst P, Ma LX, Tan SYC, Egger SJ, Vardy JL Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
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