Weight management. Research has shown that
women with urinary incontinence who undergo a 5%
to 10% weight loss experience tremendous symptom
improvement.32 In a multicenter study of nearly 2,000
women with diabetes, weight loss was the lifestyle
change that had the greatest positive impact on urinary
continence recovery; investigators attributed this
finding to the effects of reduced abdominal weight,
intra-abdominal pressure, and intravesicular pressure.3