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Comment
. 2010 Aug;48(8):714-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.05.016.

Overgeneralization from limited data: A commentary on Cooper et al., 2010

Robert W Jeffery  1 , Rona L Levy
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Overgeneralization from limited data: A commentary on Cooper et al., 2010

Robert W Jeffery et al. Behav Res Ther. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

This article comments on a recent paper by Cooper et al. in BRAT. Its main purpose is to comment on the provocative conclusion in the paper that behavioral research on weight loss maintenance should be abandoned. We disagree, arguing that the authors over generalize from their research, under crediting past behavioral weight loss research for its accomplishments, which are considerable. We briefly outline areas we believe remain exciting new research directions in this field.

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