Are you looking to improve your health? It’s time to call the experts.
A new study from the University of British Columbia-Okanagan shows that dieters can benefit from professional help.
“For those looking to improve their health and lose weight on their own, and those who personally track and record their diet and exercise, it’s time to call in the experts,” said UBC’s Obesity and Health. said Dr. Leslie Luetz, director of the Center for Health Research. excellence.
A new research paper by Dr. Lutes, published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, found that people making lifestyle changes used over-the-counter weight loss programs rather than trying to do it themselves. suggests that it will be more successful. .
“Given the prevalence of obesity, there is a need for accessible and effective treatment options to manage obesity and comorbidities such as heart disease and prediabetes,” she says.
“Evidence-based commercial weight management programs are a potential solution to the lack of available treatments and are considerably less expensive than clinic-based approaches.”
But commercial programs are largely untested and lack evidence-based success rates, making it difficult for doctors to refer patients to commercial programs, she notes.
“Fundamentally, obesity care needs to go beyond a simple ‘eat less, move more’ approach.”
Dr. Lutes was one of the principal investigators in a one-year study of more than 370 participants in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, randomly divided into two groups. – own group.
DIY participants were provided with common weight loss approaches (strategies, diet tracking, self-monitoring apps, meal plans, physical activity, etc.) and then essentially left to their own devices.
Participants in both groups were evaluated at 3 and 12 months. In the group randomized to a commercial weight management program, he lost more than twice as much weight as the DIY group and had a significant reduction in waist circumference.
“This information will help us make recommendations to the government about one of the many ways we can support our state’s patients and improve their health and well-being,” she says.
“Perhaps our leaders could consider subsidizing access to commercial weight-loss programs that have proven effective. It could be a big step towards achieving
