LukeV
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Have you ever been able to track down the source for that statistic of 95% failure rate?
This is from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council clinical guidelines on the management of obesity:
Weight regain is common after weight loss achieved by lifestyle interventions, with studies (Cooper et al. 2010; Dansinger et al. 2007; Martin et al. 2008) finding: weight lost is usually regained by 5 years of follow-up; and weight regain to pre-intervention weight occurs regardless of whether the participant has overweight or class I, II or III obesity, and in participants with normal blood sugar, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
The 95% statistic may be in one of those studies.
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