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- •This column discusses the common strategies used by those who have successfully lost weight and then maintained that weight loss over time.
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Biography
Leia Raphaelidis, FNP-BC, is a clinician at Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes in Ithaca, NY, and can be reached at . Department Editor Denise G. Link, PhD, NP, FAAN, would like to hear your ideas for future columns, be reached at .
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Published online: February 24, 2016
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