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23% of participants lost 5.0% or more of their initial starting weight.
A significant portion of participants can achieve clinically meaningful weight loss.
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23% of participants lost 5.0% or more of their initial starting weight.
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Source
Initial Evaluation of a Scalable Lifestyle Program for Sustained Weight Loss
Carter Coberley · Journal of Obesity & Weight loss Therapy · 2014
DOI 10.4172/2165-7904.s4-005
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