Research
Adherence
Adding exercise or behavior therapy to a diet improves weight loss and risk factors for at least 1 year.
Combine your diet with exercise or behavior therapy to get better weight loss and risk factor improvements for at least a year compared to diet alone.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
The addition of an exercise or behaviour programme to diet was associated with improved weight loss and risk factors for at least 1 year.
Why this rating
Based on systematic review of RCTs.
Source
Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement
Alison Avenell et al. · Health Technology Assessment · 2004
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