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  • Impact of a Community-Based...
    Ro, Sarah J; Lackey, Angelica R; Aymes, Shannon E; McCauley, Jennifer L; Davis, Teneisha C; Wang, Raene; Stanley, Will; Ratner, Shana P; Machineni, Sriram; Fiscus, Lynne C

    Family medicine, 03/2023, Letnik: 55, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Current strategies for obesity management in primary care leave many patients inadequately treated or unable to access treatment entirely. We aimed to evaluate a comprehensive, primary care clinic-based weight management program's clinical effectiveness in a community practice setting.  Methods:  This was an 18-month pre/postintervention study. We collected demographic and anthropometric data on patients enrolled in a primary care-based weight management program. The primary outcomes were percent weight loss postintervention and the proportion of patients who achieved a clinically significant total body weight loss (TBWL) of 5% or greater.  Results:  Our program served 550 patients over 1,952 visits from March 2019 through October 2020. A total of 209 patients had adequate program exposure, defined as four or more completed visits. Among these, all received targeted lifestyle counseling and 78% received antiobesity medication. Patients who attended at least four visits had an average TBWL of 5.7% compared to an average gain of 1.5% total body weight for those with only one visit. Fifty-three percent of patients (n=111) achieved greater than 5% TBWL, and 20% (n=43) achieved greater than 10% TBWL. We demonstrated that a community-based weight management program delivered by obesity medicine-trained primary care providers effectively produces clinically significant weight loss. Future work will include wider implementation of this model to increase patient access to evidence-based obesity treatments in their communities.