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Behavioural weight loss interventions delivered in primary care produce only €very small reductions in body weight, which are unlikely to be clinically significant€, Family Practice reports.

According to a meta-analysis of 15 randomised controlled trials involving 4,539 participants, patients who received behavioural interventions lost a mean of 1.36kg at 12 months and 1.23kg at 24 months. Such figures did not meet the weight loss target of at least 5 per cent considered to be €clinically significant€.