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Postintervention weight change averaged -3.7 ± 9.5%, with greater weight loss in the DSE than the ILI group.
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Postintervention weight change averaged -3.7 ± 9.5%, with greater weight loss in the DSE than the ILI group.
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Weight Change During the Postintervention Follow-up of Look AHEAD
Rena R. Wing et al. · 2022
DOI 10.2337/figshare.19248818.v1
rct · n=3999Cited 9×
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