Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: cost-effectiveness analysis in the BWeL trial.
Lise RetatLaura PimpinLaura WebberAbbygail JaccardAmanda LewisSarah TearneKathryn HoodAnna Christian-BrownPeymane AdabRachna BeghKate JollyAmanda DaleyAmanda FarleyDeborah LycettAlecia NicklessLy-Mee YuSusan JebbPaul N AveyardPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2019)
A brief intervention in which physicians opportunistically endorse, offer, and facilitate a referral to a behavioural weight management service to patients with a BMI of at least 30 kg/m2 reduces healthcare costs and improves health more than advising weight loss.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- primary care
- healthcare
- bariatric surgery
- randomized controlled trial
- weight gain
- roux en y gastric bypass
- mental health
- gastric bypass
- body mass index
- study protocol
- public health
- clinical trial
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- health information
- general practice
- glycemic control
- phase iii
- obese patients
- physical activity
- high fat diet induced
- social media
- body weight
- double blind