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The study by Moore and colleagues¹ examining weight loss and risk of hypertension in overweight adults also provided important information about the prevalence of successful weight loss maintenance in a large US cohort. Although evidence from clinical weight loss studies suggests that few individuals succeed at maintaining their weight losses over time,² few community-based studies have examined this contention. Available population research suggests that the prevalence of long-term successful weight loss is between 5.9% and 20%, depending on the specific population studied and criteria used to define successful weight loss.^3-5 Based on the data reported by Moore et al,¹ we calculated the prevalence of losing more than 1.8 kg over 4 years and keeping it off over the next 4 years. Of the 924 disease-free overweight and obese participants aged 30 to 49 years, 267 (29.0%) lost more than 1.8 kg over 4 years. Of these, the majority (n = 153; 57.3%) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Suzanne Phelan, PhD; Rena R. Wing, PhD

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