Open AccessPreventing Weight Gain by Lifestyle Intervention in a General Practice Setting
Author(s) -
Nancy C.W. ter Bogt,
W. J. E. Bemelmans,
Frank W. Beltman,
Jan Broer,
Andries J. Smit,
Klaas van der Meer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.22
Subject(s) - weight gain , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychology , body weight , nursing
Weight regain after initial loss of weight is common, which indicates a need for lifestyle counseling aimed at preventing weight gain instead of weight loss. This study was conducted to determine whether structured lifestyle counseling by nurse practitioners (NPs) group compared with usual care by general practitioners (GP-UC) in overweight and obese patients can prevent (further) weight gain.
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