Personal Counseling and Web-Based Strategies Show Modest Success for Sustaining Weight Loss
Adults who lost weight in a six-month program were able to keep at least some of the weight off for 2.5 years with the help of brief monthly personal counseling, according to a new study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. A Web-based intervention also helped participants keep the weight off for two years, but the benefit waned during the last six months of the trial.
We have well-tested techniques for successful weight loss, but preventing weight re-gain is especially challenging, said Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., director, NHLBI.
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