"Adults who lost weight in a six-month program were able to keep at least some of the weight off for 2.5 years with the help of brief monthly personal counseling, according to a new study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. A Web-based intervention also helped participants keep the weight off for two years, but the benefit waned during the last six months of the trial."Which means that the weight was coming back.
Which means it was a failure.
Which is not what they say since they want to make it seem as if they were successful so they can get more of your money.
And how good was this "intervention"?
"At the end of the study, participants receiving personal counseling retained an average weight loss of 9.2 pounds, compared to an average of 7.3 pounds for those using the Web-based intervention and 6.4 pounds for those in the self-directed group...Terrible. That's how good.
'Most people in the study regained at least some of the weight they initially lost. However, both the personal counseling and the Web-based program modestly alleviated weight re-gain for up to two years, with the personal counseling ultimately proving to be the most beneficial by the end of the 2.5 year study,' said Laura Svetkey, M.D, a professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and the study's lead author."
And remember the weight was coming back on when the study ended.
Call a failure a failure and move on, con.
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