The therapeutic challenge: behavioral changes for long-term weight maintenance
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Long-term weight loss maintenance.
There is a general perception that almost no one succeeds in long-term maintenance of weight loss. However, research has shown that approximately 20% of overweight individuals are successful at long-term weight loss when defined as losing at least 10% of initial body weight and maintaining the loss for at least 1 y. The National Weight Control Registry provides information about the strategies ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801706