Luke M Funk

Biographic Data

ID5537940
NAMELuke M Funk
GIVEN NAMESLuke M
FAMILY NAMEFunk
SIGNATUREFUNK L M
AFFILIATIONSWilliam S. Middleton VA Hospital
ORCID0000-0003-4475-304X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Weight Loss for Patients With Obesity

    Natalie Liu, Jen Birstler et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 33

    BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have reported that losing as little as 5% of one's total body weight (TBW) can improve health, but no studies have used electronic health record data to examine long-term changes in weight, particularly for adults with severe obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥35 kg/m]. OBJECTIVE: To measure long-term weight changes and examine their predictors for adults in a large academic health care system. RESEARCH DESIGN: Observati…

  • Electronic Health Record Data Versus the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

    Luke M Funk, Ying Shan et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 27

    BACKGROUND: Estimating population-level obesity rates is important for informing policy and targeting treatment. The current gold standard for obesity measurement in the United States-the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)-samples <0.1% of the population and does not target state-level or health system-level measurement. OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of using body mass index (BMI) data from the electronic health reco…