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Consider the following original passage taken from: Wing RR and Phelan S. 2005. Long-term weight loss maintenance. Am J Clin Nutr. 82 (1): 222-225. The National Weight Control Registry provides information about the strategies used by successful weight loss maintainers to achieve and maintain long term weight loss. National Weight Control Registry members have lost an average of 33 kg and maintained the loss for more than 5 years. To maintain their weight loss, members report engaging in high levels of physical activity (approximately 1 h/d), eating a low-calorie, low-fat diet, eating breakfast regularly, self-monitoring weight, and maintaining a consistent eating pattern across weekdays and weekends. Moreover, weight loss maintenace may get easier over time; after individuals have successfully maintained their weight loss for 2 to 5 years, the chance of longer-term success greatly increases. Continued adherence to diet and exercise strategies, low levels of depression and disinhibition, and medical triggers for weight loss are also associated with long-term success. National Weight Control Registry members provide evidence that long term weight loss maintenance is possible and help identify the specific approaches associated with long-term success. Assess the following passage for plagiarism: As described by Wing and Phelan (2005) the National.