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Phone counseling works to reinforce weight loss, UF study finds

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Telephone counseling may be just as successful as face-to-face counseling in helping people maintain weight loss, report University of Florida researchers.
The UF study is the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of telephone counseling for long-term management of obesity in rural communities. The findings appear in today’s (Nov. 24) issue of [...]

Filed under Gender, Health, Research on Monday, November 24, 2008.

Scientists build ‘roach motel’ for nasty bugs of the bacterial variety

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The vacancy sign is on, but the lowlifes who check in never check out.

Filed under Environment, Health, Research on Monday, November 24, 2008.

Brief consultations may affect students’ health-risk behavior

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — College students cut down on drinking alcohol, using marijuana and drunken driving after receiving a new form of health consultation that addresses multiple risk behaviors and focuses on positive self-image, a University of Florida study has found.

Filed under Health, Research on Monday, November 3, 2008.