Weight loss counseling by health care providers

Bibliographic Data

ID11019653
AuthorsHaq Nawaz (0000-0003-0101-4335, Griffin Hospital), Mary L Adams (0000-0001-7679-5581), David L Katz (0000-0001-6845-6192)
Year1999
Volume89
Issue5
Pages764-767
Publication date1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.89.5.764
PMID10224993
OpenAlexW1984803283
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

OBJECTIVES: This study explores the pattern of weight loss counseling by health care providers in Connecticut and the associated weight loss efforts by patients. METHODS: Data from the 1994 Connecticut Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were analyzed to determine (1) the frequency of weight management counseling by health care providers of overweight adults with and without additional cardiovascular risk factors and (2) the current weight loss practices of overweight subjects. RESULTS: Only 29% of all overweight respondents and fewer than half with additional cardiovascular risk factors, reported that they had been counseled to lose weight. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest a need for more counseling of overweight persons, especially those with cardiovascular disease risk factors

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Risk factor · Weight loss · Weight management · Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment · Gerontology

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