Cognitive-behavioral techniques can produce weight losses of two pounds every week for up to weeks, maintained over a two-year period.

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Explanation:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), focuses on changing how you think about yourself, how you act, and circumstances that surround how you act. It is an can treat a wide range of problems, including weight loss.  Key to it is its focus on making changes and sticking to them.

When it comes to weight loss, then, specific goals can be used and can be clearly tracked.  Specific goals around exercise or types of food you will eat behaviors you have control over are better than goals to improve cholesterol or glucose levels, which may fluctuate for reasons outside your immediate control.