Obes Res Clin Pract
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Obes Res Clin Pract · Mar 2014
Patient and physician characteristics associated with the provision of weight loss counseling in primary care.
A variety of physician and patient characteristics may influence whether weight loss counseling occurs in primary care encounters. ⋯ These findings add to previous evidence suggesting possible differences in the weight loss counseling practices of male and female physicians, although further research is needed to understand this potential difference between physicians.
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Obes Res Clin Pract · Mar 2014
Clinical TrialThe impact of physician weight discussion on weight loss in US adults.
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States and worldwide is at epidemic levels. Physicians may play a vital role in addressing this epidemic. We aimed to examine the association of a physician's discussion of patients’ weight status with self-reported weight loss. We hypothesized that physician discussion of patients’ being overweight is associated with increased weight loss in patients with overweight and obesity. ⋯ Physicians’ direct discussion of their patients’ weight status is associated with clinically significant patient weight loss and may be a targetable intervention. Further studies are needed to determine if increasing physician discussion of patients’ weight status leads to significant weight loss.