You can get thin with a little help from a friend

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Peer counseling works better than technology in supporting those trying to lose weight and keep it off, according to a Johns Hopkins study.

The personal touch added up to an average three pounds less weight gain for those volunteers checked up on by a counselor, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Tuesday.

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