Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a common cause of non-communicable disease. Guidelines recommend that physicians screen and offer brief advice to motivate weight loss through referral to behavioural weight loss programmes. However, physicians rarely intervene and no trials have been done on the subject. We did this trial to establish whether physician brief intervention is acceptable and effective for reducing bodyweight in patients with obesity.

Methods

In this parallel, two-arm, randomised trial, patients who consulted 137 primary care physicians in England were screened for obesity. Individuals could be enrolled if they were aged at least 18 years, had a body-mass index of at least 30 kg/m² (or at least 25 kg/m² if of Asian ethnicity), and had a raised body fa

SUBMITTER: Aveyard P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5121130 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature