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Article: Meal Replacements Tip Scales In Favor of Weight Loss Maintenance.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- August 23, 2001
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2001 AUG 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Obese women who participated in dietitian- or physician office-led weight loss programs were better able to maintain weight loss if meal replacements were part of the program, researchers in the United States have found.
"Lifestyle changes involving diet, behavior, and physical activity are the cornerstone of successful weight control," wrote J.M. Ashley and colleagues in Archives of Internal Medicine. "Incorporating meal replacements (1-2 per day) into traditional lifestyle interventions may offer an additional strategy for overweight patients in the primary care setting."
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