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ReviewCurrent obesity reports2019

Primary Care Interventions for Obesity: Review of the Evidence.

Jena Shaw Tronieri, Thomas A Wadden, Ariana M Chao, Adam Gilden Tsai

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Review in Current obesity reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. The impact of adult behavioural weight management interventions on mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  17. Obesity and its management in primary care setting.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2025
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  20. Weight status underestimation and weight management goals among adults in the rural South of the United States.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jena Shaw TronieriDepartment of Psychiatry, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3025, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. jena.tronieri@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Thomas A WaddenDepartment of Psychiatry, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3025, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ariana M ChaoDepartment of Psychiatry, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3025, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Adam Gilden TsaiKaiser Permanente, Metabolic-Surgical Weight Management, 2045 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, Denver, CO, 80205, USA.

Funding

Improving Weight Loss in Early Non-responders to Behavioral TreatmentK23DK116935 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TRONIERI, JENNIFER SHAW · 2019 to 2023
$938k
Neural response to food stimuli: fMRI changes following cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorderK23NR017209 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHAO, ARIANA MARIE · 2018 to 2020
$520k
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases K23DK116935National Institute of Nursing Research K23NR017209NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK116935NINR NIH HHS K23 NR017209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review describes the results of randomized controlled trials that have evaluated the efficacy of behavioral interventions for obesity in primary care settings. RECENT

findingsMost studies have found that high-intensity behavioral counseling (providing 12 or more sessions per year, as defined by the US Preventative Services Task Force), when delivered in-person, by phone, or electronically, produced clinically meaningful weight loss (4 to 7 kg). Low- to moderate-intensity behavioral counseling and counseling that did not include behavioral strategies (e.g., motivational interviewing) produced modest losses of 1 to 2 kg. The addition of weight loss medication increased mean losses relative to behavioral treatment alone. Consistent with national guidelines, the largest weight losses were achieved with high-intensity counseling, either alone or in combination with obesity pharmacotherapy. Primary care providers can support their patients by inviting them to discuss their weight concerns and referring interested individuals to appropriate interventions.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based MedicinePrimary Health CareAnti-Obesity AgentsBehavior TherapyCounselingHealth BehaviorHumansLife StyleObesityRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWeight LossAnti-Obesity AgentsInterventionsLifestyle modificationObesityPrimary careWeight management

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PMID30888632
PMCPMC6520163

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