....but the National Weight Control Registry!
From a colleague (weight-centric dietitian): "People can and do maintain weight loss. For example, look at the National weight Control registry in the USA" My response: The National Weight Control Registry is a list of people (10,000 in the US, so the equivalent here would be 750 people out of Australia's population) who have enrolled themselves after losing 14kgs or more and keeping it off for a year. It relies on self-reported data and people who regain weight are removed f