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Weight Loss: Diet Options

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The cornerstone therapy for obesity treatment is lifestyle modification. Adaption of a healthy lifestyle is founded by healthy dietary options, behavioral training and an increase in physical activity. In this chapter, we discuss the healthy dietary options available for weight loss, emphasizing on the behaviors that form the backbone of most dietary programs.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Muharraq, Bahrain

    Khawla F. Ali

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  1. Faculty Of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

    Salman Al-Sabah

  2. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ali Aminian

  3. University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Luigi Angrisani

  4. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Eliana Al Haddad

  5. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Lilian Kow

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Ali, K.F. (2021). Weight Loss: Diet Options. In: Al-Sabah, S., Aminian, A., Angrisani, L., Al Haddad, E., Kow, L. (eds) Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57373-7_8

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