Losing weight is often a struggle, but new research has found a way to make shedding pounds half the hassle. Lesley Dobson reports
New research has shown that signing up to commercial weight loss programmes, can make a big difference to how much weight you lose, compared with just taking advice from your GP.
The study, just published in The Lancet, was carried out by Dr Susan Jebb and a team of scientists at the UK Medical Research Council (and funded by Weight Watchers).
Primary care practices (PCTs) in Australia, Germany and the UK recruited 772 overweight or obese people; 377 were given free access to weekly Weight Watchers meetings for 12 months. The programme involves a healthy, balanced diet, increased physical activity, weigh-ins, behavioural counselling and motivation. People taking part could also go online to monitor how they were doing, join in discussions and access information, recipes etc.
The remaining 395 recruits had standard care under their national treatment guidelines and got advice on weight loss from a primary care professional at their GP’s surgery.
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New research has shown that signing up to commercial weight loss programmes, can make a big difference to how much weight you lose, compared with just taking advice from your GP.
The study, just published in The Lancet, was carried out by Dr Susan Jebb and a team of scientists at the UK Medical Research Council (and funded by Weight Watchers).
Primary care practices (PCTs) in Australia, Germany and the UK recruited 772 overweight or obese people; 377 were given free access to weekly Weight Watchers meetings for 12 months. The programme involves a healthy, balanced diet, increased physical activity, weigh-ins, behavioural counselling and motivation. People taking part could also go online to monitor how they were doing, join in discussions and access information, recipes etc.
The remaining 395 recruits had standard care under their national treatment guidelines and got advice on weight loss from a primary care professional at their GP’s surgery.
Read the rest of the story...
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