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While there are many weight loss programs in different settings, few include pharmacist involvement in spite of pharmacists\u2019 recognized easy accessibility to the public.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To provide insight into a successful, collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to weight management and to encourage pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to adopt a similar approach to patient management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adult patients &gt;18 years of age were recruited from an outpatient university-based setting to participate in a weight management program. The principles of the program included diet, exercise, and behavior modification. The program was conducted through weekly one-hour group sessions held over a 20-week period. Faculty involved in the program included an attending physician specializing in nutrition, a pharmacist, and a behavioral psychologist. All data are expressed as mean \u00b1 SD unless otherwise specified.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ninety participants (74 female, mean age 48 \u00b1 10 y) entered the program between April 2001 and April 2004. Participants had multiple obesity-related comorbid diseases. The weight of completers (n = 59) decreased from 100.9 \u00b1 20 kg at baseline to 97.3 \u00b1 19.5 kg at 10 weeks and 95.9 \u00b1 20 kg at 20 weeks. Thirty-nine patients completed both baseline and final assessments, which showed improvement in health-related quality of life, binge-eating behavior, and depressive symptoms (p &lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This program is a successful multidisciplinary model for the management of overweight and obese patients in an outpatient-based hospital setting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1345\/aph.1g287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,11,15]],"date-time":"2005-11-15T22:18:22Z","timestamp":1132093102000},"page":"2015-2020","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["The Lifestyle Challenge Program: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Weight Management"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"39","author":[{"given":"Margaret","family":"Malone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Margaret Malone PhD 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