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Medicare's search for effective obesity treatments: Diets are not the answer.
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The prevalence of obesity and its associated health problems have increased sharply in the past 2 decades. New revisions to Medicare policy will allow funding for obesity treatments of proven efficacy. The authors review studies of the long-term outcomes of calorie-restricting diets to assess whether dieting is an effective treatment for obesity. These studies show that one third to two thirds of dieters regain more weight than they lost on their diets, and these studies likely underestimate the extent to which dieting is counterproductive because of several methodological problems, all of which bias the studies toward showing successful weight loss maintenance. In addition, the studies do not provide consistent evidence that dieting results in significant health improvements, regardless of weight change. In sum, there is little support for the notion that diets lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits.
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- Authors
- Mann, T., Tomiyama, A. J., Westling, E., Lew, A.-M., Samuels, B., & Chatman, J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2007
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 220-233
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2090491403
- Semantic Scholar
- 08fd329f4ec6d46d528ad437c1859d734af02396
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 44.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01 63795)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- obesity treatment, Medicare policy, weight regain, weight loss maintenance, long-term outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Diet Therapy, Medicare, Humans, Obesity, United States, Treatment Outcome
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Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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