Open AccessWeight Loss for Patients With Obesity
Author(s) -
Natalie Liu,
Jen Birstler,
Manasa Venkatesh,
Lawrence P. Hanrahan,
Guanhua Chen,
Luke M. Funk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001277
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , overweight , body mass index , obesity , weight loss , population , weight change , weight gain , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , body weight , environmental health , sociology
Numerous studies have reported that losing as little as 5% of one's total body weight (TBW) can improve health, but no studies have used electronic health record data to examine long-term changes in weight, particularly for adults with severe obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥35 kg/m].