title: Overgeneralization from limited data: A commentary on Cooper et al., 2010.
abstract: This article comments on a recent paper by Cooper et al. in BRAT. Its main purpose is to comment on the provocative conclusion in the paper that behavioral research on weight loss maintenance should be abandoned. We disagree, arguing that the authors over generalize from their research, under crediting past behavioral weight loss research for its accomplishments, which are considerable. We briefly outline areas we believe remain exciting new research directions in this field.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55104-1015, USA. jefferyrw@gmail.com
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: Rona L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic