Effective medical treatment of obesity among immigrant women in primary care

The prevalence of obesity among the general US adults is 42 %. With increasing immigrant population in the US, the obesity burden among immigrants in the US has been reported to approach or exceed that of the general US population. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report obesity treatment among immigrants in the US. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of obesity treatment among immigrant women in primary care at a safety-net academic health center in the US.