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- Title
Preventing weight gain by lifestyle intervention in a general practice setting: three-year results of a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
ter Bogt, Nancy C W; Bemelmans, Wanda J E; Beltman, Frank W; Broer, Jan; Smit, Andries J; van der Meer, Klaas
- Abstract
Weight regain after initial loss of weight is common, which indicates a need for lifestyle counseling aimed at preventing weight gain instead of weight loss. This study was conducted to determine whether structured lifestyle counseling by nurse practitioners (NPs) group compared with usual care by general practitioners (GP-UC) in overweight and obese patients can prevent (further) weight gain.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2011, Vol 171, Issue 4, p306
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2011.22