What are the benefits of weight loss for patients with obesity or overweight after stroke?
Weight loss of as little as 5% to 10% produces meaningful improvements in vascular risk factors.279 Even a modest weight loss of 5% to 10% is associated with important improvements in conventional cardiovascular risk factors, such as improved glucose control in patients with diabetes.277 In addition, studies of metabolic surgery confirm that weight loss is associated with improvements in glucose control, BP, indicators of inflammation, and lipid levels.