Closing

Do diet, exercise & lifestyle improve lipids versus placebo?

Mostly studied in obesity & overweight.

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Where the evidence stands

A coin flip. So far, the results disagree.

NoUnsureYes
Belief
0.40 (range 0.00–0.55)
Trials for
1
Trials against
1
Inconclusive
0

Already under way

The evidence so far

Registered trials
73
With posted results
10
Published papers
11

Of 2 decided analyses: 1 favor diet, exercise & lifestyle, 0 find no difference, 1 favor the comparator.

Papers

Trials

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