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To assess the frequency of weight management counseling provided by health care professionals to overweight adults with and without additional cardiovascular risk factors.

May 1, 1999American Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Weight loss counseling by health care providers.

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To assess the frequency of weight management counseling provided by health care professionals to overweight adults with and without additional cardiovascular risk factors.
Analyzed cross-sectional data from the 1994 Connecticut Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.
Evaluated provider counseling frequency alongside self-reported patient weight loss practices stratified by cardiovascular risk factor status.
Only 29% of all overweight respondents reported receiving weight loss counseling from their health care providers.
Fewer than 50% of overweight respondents who had additional cardiovascular risk factors received counseling to lose weight.

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Survey study reveals low rates of provider weight loss counseling in overweight adults, highlighting missed prevention opportunities for cardiovascular disease.

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Nawaz et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7264bdfe4101aa97e0d673 https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.89.5.764

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Survey study reveals low rates of provider weight loss counseling in overweight adults, highlighting missed prevention opportunities for cardiovascular disease.

Weight loss counseling by health care providers.

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