Doctors' communication style can boost patients' weight loss success, first of its kind study from Oxford finds

Published on November 7, 2023

How doctors communicate with patients with obesity can have a significant impact on their weight loss success, according to a new University of Oxford study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. This pioneering study dives into uncharted waters by investigating not just that words matter, but how they matter over the short and long-term in a medical context.
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