Team-based “Get-a-Grip” lifestyle management programme in the treatment of obesity

This study examined weight loss during an extensive 1-year lifestyle programme in primary care in Finland in overweight subjects (n = 134, age 18–69 years; BMI > 30, or BMI > 25 with a comorbidity that would benefit from weight loss) between 2009 and 2013 in a single arm design. The programme included four medical doctor visits, five sessions by a dietitian (advice on diet and on-location shopping behaviour), cooking classes, exercise supervised...