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What is already known about this subject?
- Primary care interventions for weight management are effective.
- Weight management counseling declined in primary care practice.
- Barriers to effective screening, diagnosis, and management are
extensive and unique models are needed to address them.
What does this article add?
- Single physician-led weight loss program is an effective model in
primary care practice.
- Weight loss of 5-10% can be effectively achieved with limited
resources and without multidisciplinary team.
- It takes about 200 days to achieve 5% weight loss and 350 days to
achieve 10% weight loss.