Achievement of weight loss in patients with overweight during dietetic treatment in primary health care.

INTRODUCTION:Dietitians are the preferred primary health care professionals for nutritional care in overweight patients. Guidelines for dietitians recommend a weight reduction of ≥ 5% of initial body weight after one year of treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate weight change in patie...

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Main Authors: Lisa D M Verberne, Chantal J Leemrijse, Markus M J Nielen, Roland D Friele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225065