From eNewsletter 8/28/2024
DID YOU KNOW that technology alone can't replace the human touch to produce meaningful weight loss in obesity treatment? The new study appeared in JAMA and was performed by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Giving people technology alone for the initial phase of obesity treatment produces unacceptably worse weight loss than giving them treatment that combines technology with a human coach. The need for low cost but effective obesity treatments delivered by technology has become urgent as the ongoing obesity epidemic exacerbates burgeoning health care costs.
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