Introduction: Obesity is the leading health problem in the United States. Providers often fail
to document obesity in patients whose body mass index (BMI) is more than 30. Methods …

Purpose: This study examined concordance between presence of obesity body mass index
(BMI), defined as BMI≥ 30, in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) and a …

Background: In obese adults, physicians often fail to identify obesity and recommend
treatments for it. We sought to determine whether a computerized body mass index (BMI) …

Background: Many healthcare professionals consider obese individuals to be unmotivated
and to lack the willpower to follow through with weight-loss plans. This attitude may result in …

METHODS Survey Design We designed a 29-item survey based on 4 key aspects of obesity
diagnosis and management: knowledge (3 items); practices in weight management (13 …

Obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor for many diseases, and a better understanding
of its impact on health care utilization, costs, and medical outcomes is needed. The ability to …

Objective To determine the prevalence of obesity and its related comorbidities among
patients being actively managed at a US academic medical centre, and to examine the …

Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of randomly selected patient
charts before and after the implementation of an EMR. The primary outcome was …

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Because of their close
proximity to the population, primary care physicians and nurses are in a unique position to …

Background: Although the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW/OB) has increased in
the last three decades, studies show that these conditions are sub-optimally documented by …