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Weight Loss Intervention Promoting an Adapted Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29006

August 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this randomized clinical trial comparing a Mediterranean-style weight loss intervention to a control intervention, there was no material difference in percentage change in body weight at the 24-month follow-up visit between participants in these programs.

Corresponding Author: Thomas C. Keyserling, MD, MPH, UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 1700 Martin Luther King Blvd, CB# 7426, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426 (thomas_keyserling@med.unc.edu).

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