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Primary Care Patients' Willingness to Participate in Comprehensive Weight Loss Programs: From the WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network

Allison M. Cole, Gina A. Keppel, Holly A. Andrilla, Carie M. Cox, Laura-Mae Baldwin and The WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) Patient Preferences for Weight Loss in Primary Care Development Group, and The WPRN Practice Champions
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2016, 29 (5) 572-580; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.05.160039
Allison M. Cole
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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Gina A. Keppel
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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Holly A. Andrilla
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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Carie M. Cox
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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Laura-Mae Baldwin
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, HAA, L-MB); the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (AMC, GAK, L-MB); and Public Health and Global Health, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (CMC).
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Allison M. Cole, Gina A. Keppel, Holly A. Andrilla, Carie M. Cox, Laura-Mae Baldwin, The WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) Patient Preferences for Weight Loss in Primary Care Development Group, and The WPRN Practice Champions
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