Vol 38, (11) 921-923
Weight management - Facts and fallacies
Garry Egger MPH, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of Health and Applied Sciences, Southern Cross University, and Centre for Health Promotion and Research, New South Wales.
Sam Egger BSc, MBiostat, is a statistician, Cancer Council New South Wales.
There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the facts around weight loss among health professionals, and the general public. Possible reasons for this include lack of adequate education of doctors in this area, misreporting of health research in the popular media, and a need for further research in some areas. Training doctors in 'lifestyle medicine' may be helpful. Standards of evidence in media reports could be significantly improved.
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