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Weight regain does not eliminate the long term benefits of weight management programmes

BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2403 (Published 07 November 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2403
  1. Helen Saul, editor in chief1,
  2. Brendan Deeney, science writer1,
  3. Jemma Kwint, senior research fellow+2,
  4. Paul Aveyard, Professor of behavioural medicine2
  1. 1NIHR Evidence, Twickenham, UK
  2. 2University of Oxford
  1. Correspondence to H Saul evidence{at}nihr.ac.uk

The study

Hartmann-Boyce J, Theodoulou A, Oke JL, et al. Long term effect of weight regain following behavioral weight management programs on cardiometabolic disease incidence and risk: systematic review and meta-analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2023;16:263-76.

To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/weight-regain-does-not-eliminate-the-long-term-benefits-of-weight-management-programmes/#:~:text=Study%20author&text=Many%20people%20believe%20that%20if,been%20the%20case%20without%20it.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: Two authors were investigators on a trial of a low energy diet replacement programme funded by the Cambridge Weight Plan.

  • Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests are here: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/forms-policies-and-checklists/declaration-competing-interests

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