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Few people successfully maintain their weight loss.
Practitioners should be aware that long-term weight maintenance is difficult for clients.
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However, few people successfully maintain their weight loss.
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Source
Weight-Loss Maintenance — Mind over Matter?
David S. Ludwig et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2010
DOI 10.1056/nejme1011361
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