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Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by klmr on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:26PM (#18570662)
This new diet is specifically tailored to avoid this yoyo effect. It’s currently not yet clear whether this is indeed the case (hence this expanded epidemiological study) but preliminary results indicate that this is indeed the case.

In other words, this specific diet (severely limited calories as well as restriction of food to almost completely liquids) reportedly helps sustaining the weight loss long-term (and is allegedly effective for around 50% of patients).

Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by jobigoud on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:11PM (#18571086)
Are you saying they stay on 800kcal/day for long-term? I'm skeptical. Usually the problem is when you switch to the maintenance diet.
Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by klmr on Sunday December 02, 2018 @09:08AM (#18582349)
No. The 800 kcal/day liquid diet is kept up for three months. However, the resulting weight loss is sustained long term.