The Perceived Effectiveness of Continuing Care and Group Support in the Long‐Term Self‐Help Treatment of Obesity

Objective: Obesity is increasingly considered a chronic disease requiring continuing care, but professional long‐term treatment for most patients is not available. This study examined treatment recipients’ perception of the effectiveness of different components of a group self‐help, continuing‐care treatment program for obesity.

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