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