There is insufficient evidence about the efficacy of commercial weight loss programmes. Commentary

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Frank Greenway. Evid Based Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Jun.

. 2005 Jun;9(2):142-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebcm.2005.04.002.

¹ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, USA.

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