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Obesity is a major health problem across the United States and becoming a progressive world wide problem. An overweight person could access the weight management program and develop a personalized weight reduction plan. The customer enters specific data to personalize the program and in the future an artificial intelligence program can evaluate customer behavior and adjust accordingly. This is an on-line program with class room support, offered as back up when desired by the patient.
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Heetebry, I., Hatcher, M. & Tabriziani, H. Web Based Health Education, E-learning, for Weight Management. J Med Syst 29, 611–617 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-005-6129-x
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