Patient Activation: A Primary Care Tool to Tackle Overweight and Obesity
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Patient Activation: A Primary Care Tool to Tackle Overweight and Obesity
A June 2015 report published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that, in the period between 2007 and 2012, 75% of U.S. men and 67% of U.S. women ≥25 years of age were overweight or obese (1). Because overweight and obesity are associated with type 2 diabetes and other chronic conditions, preventing weight gain and facilitating weight loss can do much to prevent type 2 diabetes and improve health o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Diabetes
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0891-8929,1945-4953
DOI: 10.2337/diaclin.33.4.167