Mastering weight-maintenance skills before embarking on diet helps women avoid backsliding

A new study found that women who spent eight weeks mastering weight-maintenance skills before embarking on a weight-loss program shed the same number of pounds as women who started a weight-loss program immediately. More importantly, the study showed that the "maintenance-first" women had regained only three pounds on average a year later, compared to the average seven-pound gain for the immediate dieters.

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