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Maintenance programme could help people keep weight off, research finds

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j896 (Published 21 February 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j896
  1. Jacqui Wise

People tend to regain 1-2 kg a year after successfully losing weight, but new research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that incorporating a maintenance intervention into clinical or commercial weight loss programmes could help prevent or slow down this weight gain.1

The randomised trial included 222 obese patients (body mass index …

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