A two-year randomized trial of obesity treatment in primary care practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Calls for primary care providers (PCPs) to offer obese patients behavioral weight-loss counseling have not been accompanied by adequate guidance on how such care could be delivered. This randomized trial compared weight loss during a 2-year period in response to three lifestyle interventions, all delivered by PCPs in collaboration with auxiliary health professionals (lifestyle coaches) in their practices.

Methods

We randomly assigned 390 obese adults in six primary care practices to one of three types of intervention: usual care, consisting of quarterly PCP visits that included education about weight management; brief lifestyle counseling, consisting of quarterly PCP visits combined with brief monthly sessions with lifestyle coaches who instructed participants abo

SUBMITTER: Wadden TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3282598 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature