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‘Data mining to help people lose weight’

Professor Marijka Batterham says data mining may be able to help us determine the characteristics of people who drop out of weight loss trials and programs, or who has been unsuccessful in losing weight, and therefore can help us design better diets. Professor Batterham began her dig into weight loss intervention programs in 2013. After analysing a collection of weight loss programs, she found the most successful participants lost weight rapidly initially, had a higher initial body mass index, and maintained the weight loss for the rest of the study, and were older and more likely to be retired. The least successful participants were those who slowly lost weight initially. These participants were more likely to drop out.

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