Telephone counselling may be as effective as face-to-face counselling in weight loss maintenance

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:56 in Psychology & Sociology

Face-to-face and telephone follow-up sessions appear to be more effective in the maintenance of weight loss for women from rural communities compared with weight loss education alone, according to a report in the 24 November issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, telephone counselling appears to be just as effective as face-to-to face counselling for weight loss management...

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