Study: Weight Watchers Better Than Doctors' Advice

Study: Weight Watchers Better Than Doctors' Advice
Overweight and obese patients referred to Weight Watchers lost twice as much weight as those treated by their doctors in the U.K., Australia, and Germany. (Source: WebMD Health)

Weight Watchers works, scientific study finds
LONDON (Reuters) - Overweight patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care over 12 months, according to the findings of a study published on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Scorecard of state performance on long-term services and supports finds wide variation
(Commonwealth Fund) A new report released jointly today by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation shows some states significantly out-perform others in the delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS) to older adults and people with disabilities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Medics fail to communicate
Doctors could be to blame for low levels of health literacy in the Lothians it has been suggested. It is estimated around a quarter of the local population struggles to fully (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)


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