Patient-delivered care may support weight loss maintenance better than professional programs

For the majority of people who lose weight, keeping the weight off can be challenging. Research has shown biological, behavioral, and environmental factors may undermine weight-loss maintenance. Within two to three years, most individuals will regain nearly all the weight they lost. As a result, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified weight-loss maintenance as the next major challenge in obesity treatment.

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