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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults: intervention and 24 month follow-up effects | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults intervention and 24 month follow-up effects Bryan Blissmer 1 Deborah Riebe1 Gabriela Dye1 Laurie Ruggiero2 Geoffrey Greene1 and Marjorie Caldwell1 Address University of Rhode Island Kingston RI 02881 USA and 2University of Illinois Chicago USA Email Bryan Blissmer - blissmer@ Deborah Riebe - debriebe@ Gabriela Dye - gabdye@ Laurie Ruggiero - lruggier@ Geoffrey Greene - ggr5758u@ Marjorie Caldwell - mcald@ Corresponding author Published 17 July 2006 Received 07 June 2006 Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2006 4 43 doi 1477-7525-4-43 Accepted 17 July 2006 This article is available from http content 4 1 43 2006 Blissmer et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Despite a growing literature on the efficacy of behavioral weight loss interventions we still know relatively little about the long terms effects they have on HRQL. Therefore we conducted a study to investigate the immediate post-intervention 6 months and long-term 12 and 24 months effects of clinically based weight management programs on HRQL. Methods We conducted a randomized clinical trial in which all participants completed a 6 month clinical weight loss program and were randomized into two 6-month extended care groups. Participants then returned at 12 and 24 months for follow-up assessments. A total of 144 individuals 78 women M age yrs M BMI kg m2 completed the 6 month .