Practice NewsPENN/Hopkins Studies Show Benefit of Weight Loss Coaching The following article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer 11/16/2011 describes 2 studies presented at the American Heart Association meetings in Orlando this week. The coaching provided in these studies pales in comparason to the personal health coaching provided through Take Shape for Life. For more information, go to Optimal Health Program
Studies point to weight loss at the doctor's office By Don Sapatkin Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Nearly a decade ago, with the deadly implications of America's obesity epidemic starting to sink in, medical guidelines recommended that providers offer weight-loss help to those who needed it. But with few proven techniques for family physicians to use, no training, and no insurance reimbursement, that guidance was often ignored. Now two new studies - one from the University of Pennsylvania, the other from Johns Hopkins - offer some of the first evidence of success with weight-loss programs that the authors said would be relatively easy for primary-care providers to put into practice. Neither is a magic pill. In the Penn study, adult patients met quarterly with their regular doctor, monthly with a coach, and took a weight-loss drug or commercial meal-replacement product. In the Hopkins study, regular doctor visits were supported by an interactive website plus coaching in person or remotely.
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