Tele-health services can be just as helpful as in person services, study says
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Published: Mar. 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM EDT
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A new UF study finds telehealth services can be just as helpful for losing weight as in-person services, the study looked at 160 adult patients.
Half of them had full time remote meetings and the other half had in-person visits.
Both groups lost similar amounts of weight losing about seven to eight percent of their weight over a 16-week period.
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