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Obesity secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Secondary Prevention

Secondary Prevention

Counseling

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials concluded that “compared with usual care, dietary counseling interventions produce modest weight losses that diminish over time.”[1]

References

References

  1. Dansinger ML, Tatsioni A, Wong JB, Chung M, Balk EM (2007). “Meta-analysis: the effect of dietary counseling for weight loss”. Ann. Intern. Med. 147 (1): 41–50. PMID 17606960.

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