Prevalence and Determinants of Engagement with Obesity Care in the United States.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Medical management of obesity can result in significant weight loss and reduce the burden of obesity-related complications. This report employs a new conceptual model to quantify engagement with obesity care and associated determinants in the US adult population. METHODS:Engagement with obesity care was conceptualized as a cascade comprising 5 successive steps: perceiving oneself as overweight, desiring to lose weight, attempting weight loss, seeking care from a health care professional for obesity, and seeking care from a physician specifically. RESULTS:Among adults with obesity, 7.3% did not perceive themselves as overweight, 1.5% perceived themselves as overweight but had no desire to lose weight, 29.9% wanted to lose weight but did not try in the last year, 51.3% tried to los

SUBMITTER: Stokes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5947584 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature