Influence of co-morbidity on body composition changes after weight loss intervention among overweight housewives: a follow-up study of the MyBFF@home

• Main Authors: Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz (Author), Suzana Shahar (Author), Rashidah Ambak (Author), Noor Safiza Mohamad Nor (Author), Ahmad Taufik Jamil (Author), Tahir Aris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity is a risk factor for co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and cardiovascular diseases. However, it is unclear if the presence of co-morbidities has any effect on the magnitude of body composition changes following weight reduction programmes. Thus...