RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Primary Care Patients' Willingness to Participate in Comprehensive Weight Loss Programs: From the WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 572 OP 580 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2016.05.160039 VO 29 IS 5 A1 Allison M. Cole A1 Gina A. Keppel A1 Holly A. Andrilla A1 Carie M. Cox A1 Laura-Mae Baldwin A1 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 Prac YR 2016 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/5/572.abstract AB Purpose: In the United States, 69% of adults are overweight or obese, as defined by a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2. The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening all adult patients for obesity and referring obese patients to intensive, multicomponent behavioral weight loss programs comprising 12 to 26 yearly sessions. The objective of this study is to determine the degree to which overweight and obese primary care patients report willingness to participate in these intensive weight loss programs and to identify the patient factors associated with reported willingness to participate.Methods: This 2013 cross-sectional survey was offered to all adult patients seen for an office visit at 1 of 12 primary care clinics in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN). Patients self-reported both their health information and their willingness to participate in a comprehensive weight loss program. Respondents were characterized by descriptive statistics. We compared reported rates of willingness to participate by patient factors and assessed which patient factors were independently associated with reported willingness using bivariate analysis and logistic regression, respectively.Results: Of overweight and obese respondents, 63% reported willingness to participate in comprehensive weight loss programs. Age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance status, BMI, and reason for wanting to lose weight were all significantly and independently associated with reported willingness to participate.Conclusions: Reported willingness to participate in comprehensive weight loss programs suggests that additional resources are needed to understand strategies for disseminating and implementing effective comprehensive weight loss programs.