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regarding weight loss people may be better following the commercial diet program Weight Watchers, rather than relying on the advice of their primary care physicians.
A new study published in the journal Lancet adults overweight and obese who used Weight Watchers for a year lost twice as much weight than people who have achieved weight loss advice from their doctors.
For the study, researchers randomly assigned 772 overweight or obese participants in Germany, Australia and Britain is a Weight Watchers program or plan guided by a care physician primary. The Weight Watchers group got a free 12 month membership and access to weekly meetings; asked the primary care group to attend monthly sessions of weight loss with their doctor in the office.
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Overall, about 87% of participants were women and the average age of the study group whole was 47. At the beginning of the study, body mass index means volunteers (BMI) was 31; Overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25 or more, and obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or more.
At the end of the year, the Weight Watchers group lost an average of 11.1 lbs., More than twice the 5 lbs. lost an average of those of primary care group. Members of Weight Watchers also successfully lowered their fasting insulin and cholesterol levels than those in the physician-guided diet.
Of course, there are some caveats: for one thing, people who followed the Weight Watchers program has not had to pay for their members. Diet members can cost nearly $ 500 per year in the United States, which puts it out of reach for many. In addition, the study was funded by Weight Watchers, but this is not so unusual - all major trade regime plans fund their own studies. And, finally, about 40% of study participants dropped out before the year was up.
However, the results were pretty impressive: the people of the Weight Watchers group were three times more likely to lose at least 10% of their initial body weight, compared to the primary care group. If you only count those planted for the one-year study, people who do Weight Watchers lost 14.6 lbs., Compared to 7.2 lbs. for those who follow the advice of their physicians.
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Reported Health.com:
[T] authors of the new study he said that they were surprised by how dedicated the Weight Watchers participants - they have attended three meetings per month, on average -. and by how much weight they actually lost
"I do not think we could have predicted that people randomly assigned to Weight Watchers by their doctor - rather than choosing to attend their own option, which would give a select group of people probably more motivated - to lose more weight, "says lead author Susan Jebb, Ph.D., a health researcher and feeding population in UK Medical Research Council, Cambridge [
the authors and other experts chalked up the success of the weight Watchers group on the fact that the commercial diet plan offered a more frequent and consistent weight loss support - probably stimulate motivation for participants. - What monthly meetings with a doctor
"It is not surprising that a group whose whole career is basically to help people with weight management would make a best work of a group of primary care that much more responsibility on top of that, "Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Dr. Michael Jensen, who was not involved in the study, told Health.com.
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Here is the secret of any successful weight loss plan: regardless of the method, it works if you have the motivation and dedication to stick with it.
Meredith Melnick is a reporter at TIME . Find her on Twitter at @MeredithCM . You can also continue the discussion on TIME Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME .
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