title: [The keys to lose weight].
abstract: Losing weight is not only a pound's problem! It is a long and strenuous process. Rapidly, the care giver or the patient may be demotivated by lack of success. It is important to systematize the follow-up and sustain motivation. Firstly, this article points out the difficulties met during the follow-up: these difficulties linked both to the patient and the health care provider could be at the origin of resistance to weight loss. Secondly, we propose seven criteria to be evaluated in order to follow the patients towards the process of weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Service d'enseignement thérapeutique pour maladies chroniques, HUG, Genève.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Guillermin Spahr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss