Open AccessA Patient-Centered Quality Initiative to Weight Management Care for Adults in a Multispecialty Clinic
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Birkey
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of medical and clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2755-0133
DOI - 10.47363/jmcn/2022(3)144
Subject(s) - medicine , weight management , obesity , health care , chronic disease , weight loss , gerontology , disease management , family medicine , physical therapy , disease , political science , parkinson's disease , law
Background: In the United States (US), 42% of adults are obese, leading to increased healthcare cost and chronic disease. Data show obesity costs the US $147 billion a year; each obese person costs $1,429 more in healthcare annually than a person of healthy weight.