Study Provides Mixed News For People Hoping For Permanent Weight Loss.

reports that a study “recently presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s annual meeting provides somewhat mixed news for those hoping to lose weight permanently.” After analyzing “data from participants who took part in one of the longest-running weight loss programs around: the Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) program,” researchers found that half of 65,559 participants “who had enrolled in the program from 2005 to 2010 and renewed their annual membership at least twice” had “accomplished significant weight loss.” Furthermore, “80 to 95 percent” of “successful participants who could be tracked for up to seven years after they first joined...kept the pounds off.” But, the study also revealed that “most people who enrolled in TOPS during the study’s time period failed to stay on long term.” http://www.medicaldaily.com/weight-loss-programs-success-386255