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What we need is the political will, starting with a full health economics analysis of the costs and benefits of effective weight management in diabetes and other conditions where obesity is a significant factor.
BBC: GP practices 'need obesity specialists'
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The model shows that lasting weight loss takes a long time to achieve and suggests that more effective weight loss programs might be undertaken in two phases: a temporary, more aggressive change in behavior at first, followed by a second phase of a more relaxed but permanent behavioral change that can prevent the weight regain that afflicts so many dieters despite their best intentions.
FORBES: Sustainable Weight Loss: Minding What Matters
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And this new approach really does open up the prospect of more effective means of weight control than those pointless yo-yo diets.
BBC: Born to be fat