Get patients to look like models?
NOT
Get patients to their ideal body weight?
NOT practical usually
Get patients to lose 5-10% of body weight?
HOPEFULLY
Get patients to exercise and reduce their mortality risk?
DEFINITELY!
and long-term maintenance of reduced body weight
Programs should target long-term weight reduction of 5% to 10%
Exercise training is more effective in reducing body weight in moderate obesity than it is in morbid obesity.