How the U.S. compares: Just 5 percent of Americans say they smoke for weight loss.

相比之下的美国：只有5%的美国人说，他们吸烟是为了减肥。

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Losing 5 to 10 percent of your total weight may not seem like much, but even modest weight loss can improve your health by.

减少总体重的5% - 10%看起来不是很多，但是即使是减少一些体重，也可以通过以下方式来改善你的健康。

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However, those that drank 2 cups of water before their meals had a faster rate of weight loss and ended up losing 44 percent more weight over a 12-week period than those that didn't.

但是，喝水组体重下降更快，在12个星期后里体重下降百分之四十四多，对照组却没有这么明显。

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Lorcaserin affords a 3.0 to 3.7 percent weight-loss in one year relative to beyond that with placebo when used at the recommended dose.

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Compared with placebo, treatment with Belviq for up to one year was associated with average weight loss ranging from 3 percent to 3.7 percent.

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In one National Cancer Institute-sponsored study, weight loss of greater than 5 percent from baseline was a predictor of poor outcome, independent of cancer stage, type of cancer, and patient performance status.

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