Research
Adherence
Healthcare professionals should routinely advise obese patients to lose weight through a combination of low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
Ask your doctor for advice on weight management. Professional guidance increases your chances of successfully attempting to lose weight.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Health care professionals should assess overweight and obesity and recommend weight loss (using the combination of a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity) to overweight and obese patients and weight maintenance to patients with normal weight.
Why this rating
Based on observational data showing advice increases likelihood of weight loss attempts.
Source
The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States
Ali H. Mokdad · JAMA · 2001
DOI 10.1001/jama.286.10.1195
cross_sectional · n=184450Cited 2,750×
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