Improving long-term weight loss maintenance: can we do it?
The authors reflect on a 2014 conference report of the US National Institutes of Health about
the challenge of long-term weight loss maintenance. They cite the report's emphasis on the
status of behavioral and pharmacologic methods for enhancing weight loss maintenance,
one of which is behavioral counseling. They cite the challenge posed by obesity studies in
people born without leptin. The authors propose collective societal actions to achieve food
and activity changes that affect weight.
the challenge of long-term weight loss maintenance. They cite the report's emphasis on the
status of behavioral and pharmacologic methods for enhancing weight loss maintenance,
one of which is behavioral counseling. They cite the challenge posed by obesity studies in
people born without leptin. The authors propose collective societal actions to achieve food
and activity changes that affect weight.
Abstract
The authors reflect on a 2014 conference report of the US National Institutes of Health about the challenge of long-term weight loss maintenance. They cite the report's emphasis on the status of behavioral and pharmacologic methods for enhancing weight loss maintenance, one of which is behavioral counseling. They cite the challenge posed by obesity studies in people born without leptin. The authors propose collective societal actions to achieve food and activity changes that affect weight.
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