Consistent Support Group Attendance Is Vital for Sustained Total Body Weight Loss in a Community Gastroenterology Clinic

Sangini Tolia, Sejal Gunaratnam, Nishant Kumar, Mallory Evans, Caitlin Seibel, Aruna V. Sarma, Naresh Gunaratnam

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DOI: 10.1002/osp4.70157
Published: 2026-06
Container: Obesity Science & Practice
Publisher: Wiley
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@article{allodium:10.1002/osp4.70157,
  title = {Consistent Support Group Attendance Is Vital for Sustained Total Body Weight Loss in a Community Gastroenterology Clinic},
  author = {Sangini Tolia and Sejal Gunaratnam and Nishant Kumar and Mallory Evans and Caitlin Seibel and Aruna V. Sarma and Naresh Gunaratnam},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Obesity Science \&amp; Practice},
  doi = {10.1002/osp4.70157},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.70157}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Consistent Support Group Attendance Is Vital for Sustained Total Body Weight Loss in a Community Gastroenterology Clinic
AU  - Sangini Tolia
AU  - Sejal Gunaratnam
AU  - Nishant Kumar
AU  - Mallory Evans
AU  - Caitlin Seibel
AU  - Aruna V. Sarma
AU  - Naresh Gunaratnam
PY  - 2026
JO  - Obesity Science &amp; Practice
DO  - 10.1002/osp4.70157
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.70157
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Tolia, S., Gunaratnam, S., Kumar, N., Evans, M., Seibel, C., Sarma, A. V., & Gunaratnam, N. (2026). Consistent Support Group Attendance Is Vital for Sustained Total Body Weight Loss in a Community Gastroenterology Clinic. Obesity Science & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.70157

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