The conventional BMI cutoff for obesity may be better replaced with adiposity measures that accommodate changes in the body fat-to-muscle ratio that changes in the midlife years.
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In patients with obesity, a very-low-calorie ketogenic diet induces significant weight loss and has positive immunomodulatory properties, according to accumulating evidence.