Trial reportJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2017
The Effect of Intentional Weight Loss on Fracture Risk in Persons With Diabetes: Results From the Look AHEAD Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise attenuates bone mineral density loss during diet-induced weight loss in adults with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Pooled it
- Reporting and Analyzing Race and Ethnicity in Orthopaedic Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Glucose-Lowering Drugs and Fracture Risk-a Systematic Review.Current osteoporosis reports · 2020Pooled it
- The Impact of Exercise on Bone Health in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-a Systematic Review.Current osteoporosis reports · 2020Pooled it
- Fractures in Adults After Weight Loss from Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management Programs for Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2019Pooled it
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- Sex Hormones Mediate Intensive Lifestyle Intervention-Induced Bone Mineral Density Changes: Look AHEAD Sex Hormone Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Trial
- Bone quality response to lifestyle intervention in older adults with obesity (LIMB-Q trial): a randomised controlled trial.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2025Trial
- Predictors of Fracture in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Overweight or Obesity.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Trial
- 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.Archives of osteoporosis · 2023Trial
- Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Fracture in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Subanalysis of the J-DOIT3 Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2021Trial
- Associations of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes With Health Care Use, Spending, and Disability: An Ancillary Study of the Look AHEAD Study.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- Effect of Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Metabolism in Obese Older Adults While Dieting: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2020Trial
- Effect of Weight Change Following Intentional Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults with Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Trial
- Effect of a hypocaloric, nutritionally complete, higher-protein meal plan on bone density and quality in older adults with obesity: a randomized trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Trial
- Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor-induced changes in body composition and simultaneous changes in metabolic profile: 52-week prospective LIGHT (Luseogliflozin: the Components of Weight Loss in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) Study.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2019Trial
- Effect of Exercise Modality During Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease or Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2018Trial
- Why Do We Lose Bone During Weight Loss: Can It Be Prevented?Current osteoporosis reports · 2026Review
- Musculoskeletal Outcomes of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Versus Other Antiobesity Agents in Nondiabetic Adults.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Intentional weight loss is an important treatment option for overweight persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), but the effects on long-term fracture risk are not known. The purpose of this Look AHEAD analysis was to evaluate whether long-term intentional weight loss would increase fracture risk in overweight or obese persons with DM. Look AHEAD is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial. Recruitment began in August 2001 and follow-up continued for a median of 11.3 years at 16 academic centers. A total of 5145 persons aged 45 to 76 years with DM were randomized to either an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) with reduced calorie consumption and increased physical activity designed to achieve and maintain ≥7% weight loss or to diabetes support and education intervention (DSE). Incident fractures were ascertained every 6 months by self-report and confirmed with central adjudication of medical records. The baseline mean age of participants was 59 years, 60% were women, 63% were white, and the mean BMI was 36 kg/m
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