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Diets with group support may help keep weight off longer

itial six months was higher in the unsupported programmes.

The authors conclude that clinically useful weight loss and fat loss can be achieved in adults who are motivated to follow commercial diets for a substantial period. People need to find a diet that best suits them.

"Our study provides data on how much weight patients can expect to lose by dieting," they write. "These data could help practitioners in managing patients' expectations of weight loss targets."

An accompanying editorial suggests that the challenge to researchers is to take weight loss studies to the next level by evaluating long term health outcomes, cost effectiveness, and novel strategies of improving adherence and weight maintenance.


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1-Jun-2006


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