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Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial

Abstract:: Background Obesity is a common cause of non-communicable disease. Guidelines recommend that physicians screen and offer brief advice to motivate weight loss through referral to behavioural weight loss programmes. However, physicians rarely intervene and no trials have been done on the subject. We did this trial to establish whether physician brief intervention is acceptable and effective for reducing bodyweight in patients with obesity. Methods In this para... Expand abstract
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Aveyard, P., Lewis, A., Tearne, S., Hood, K., Christian-Brown, A., Adab, P., Begh, R., Jolly, K., Daley, A., Farley, A., Lycett, D., Nickless, A., Yu, L., Retat, L., Webber, L., Pimpin, L., & Jebb, S. (2016). Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial. Lancet, 388(10059), 2492–2500.

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Aveyard, P, et al. “Screening and Brief Intervention for Obesity in Primary Care: a Parallel, Two-Arm, Randomised Trial.” Lancet, vol. 388, no. 10059, 2016, pp. 2492–500.

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Aveyard, P, A Lewis, S Tearne, et al. 2016. “Screening and Brief Intervention for Obesity in Primary Care: a Parallel, Two-Arm, Randomised Trial.” Lancet 388 (10059): 2492–2500.
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+ Aveyard, P More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: Medical Sciences Division
Department:: Primary Care; Primary Care Health Sciences
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+ Lewis, A More by this author

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+ Tearne, S More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: Medical Sciences Division
Department:: Primary Care; Primary Care Health Sciences
Oxford college:: Wolfson College
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+ Hood, K More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: Medical Sciences Division
Department:: Primary Care; Primary Care Health Sciences
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+ Christian-Brown, A More by this author

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Journal:: Lancet More from this journal
Volume:: 388
Issue:: 10059
Pages:: 2492-2500
Publication date:: 2016-10-24
Acceptance date:: 2016-10-20
DOI:: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31893-1
EISSN:: 1474-547X
ISSN:: 0140-6736

Language:: English
Keywords:: Journal Article
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Copyright date:: 2016
Notes:: Copyright © The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license.

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