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01-04-2017 | Editorial

Improving Weight Management among Veterans

Author: David Atkins, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Special Issue 1/2017

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The steady increase in the numbers of patients who are overweight or obese is a serious challenge to healthcare systems,1 including the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Obesity is an important driver of increasing morbidity related to hypertension, diabetes, certain cancers, and osteoarthritis. It is also an important driver of healthcare costs as Veterans and non-Veterans age. In a recent study of nearly 5 million VA primary care patients (347,112 females and 4,567,096 males), 37% were overweight and 41% were obese.2 …

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Title: Improving Weight Management among Veterans
Author: David Atkins, MD, MPH
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue Special Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4007-0

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