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Adherence to Weight Loss and Nutritional Regimens

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The King: You have a physician. What does he do? Molière: Sire, we converse. He gives me advice, which I do not follow, and then I get better.

—Treue (1958) (cited in Taylor, 1991, p. 312)

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Chrisler, J.C. (1997). Adherence to Weight Loss and Nutritional Regimens. In: Gochman, D.S. (eds) Handbook of Health Behavior Research II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1760-7_17

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