Preventing obesity in the primary care setting

Samuel N Grief; Kathleen S Talamayan

doi:10.1016/j.pop.2008.07.002

Preventing obesity in the primary care setting

Prim Care. 2008 Dec;35(4):625-43. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2008.07.002.

Authors

Samuel N Grief¹, Kathleen S Talamayan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor Street, Room 159, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. sgrief@uic.edu

PMID: 18928822
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2008.07.002

Abstract

This article outlines steps on how to move the treatment of obesity to a new paradigm of prevention in the primary care setting. Almost all Americans visit their primary care physician or health care provider for routine health maintenance or some unexpected illness or sickness at one point or another. The primary care office is the most likely entry point to the health care system for most of the population and should be the preferred venue for addressing chronic disease prevention. Prevention in the primary care setting is the short- and long-term solution to obesity.

MeSH terms

Appetite Depressants / therapeutic use
Counseling
Diet
Exercise
Humans
Obesity / prevention & control*
Obesity / therapy
Patient Education as Topic / methods
Primary Health Care*
Primary Prevention / methods*
Reminder Systems
Risk Factors
United States

Substances

Appetite Depressants