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  2. From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.med
  4. Subject: Re: Weight Loss with Dexfenfluramine
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov11.181136.7583@spdcc.com>
  6. Date: 11 Nov 92 18:11:36 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov11.181136.7583
  8. References: <1992Nov10.114830.12448@omen.UUCP> <1992Nov10.183118.24619@spdcc.com> <1992Nov11.060527.0911180@locus.com>
  9. Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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  11.  
  12. In article <1992Nov11.060527.0911180@locus.com> yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes:
  13. >So, not only was weight regained when the diet + exercise + behavior mod
  14. >stopped (duh), weight was also regained when these were continued.
  15.  
  16. No, we don't know to what extent "these were continued."  These people were
  17. enrolled in a long-term study.  What they ate wasn't measured.
  18.  
  19. >You know, some people might actually take a piece of data like that and
  20. >conclude that diet + exercise + behavior mod -- gasp gasp -- didn't
  21. >really work very well!
  22.  
  23. Well, it's like saying that heroin abstinence has a low success rate.
  24.  
  25. >OK, so both the dual-drug and placebo groups got diet + exercise + behavior
  26. >mod, both groups regained some of their initially-lost weight, but the
  27. >placebo group regained more.  How much did they regain after 4 years?
  28. >30%?  95%?  115%?
  29.  
  30. Unless someone come up with it first, I'll look for the study this evening.
  31.  
  32. -- 
  33. Steve Dyer
  34. dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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