Abstract: Background: Identifying patient-, facility-, and environment-level factors that influence the initiation and retention of comprehensive lifestyle management interventions …
Abstract: Rationale: Controlled trials have demonstrated successful weight loss associated with certain weight management medications (WMMs). However, there are limited real-world …
Abstract: Background: Obesity is prevalent in the Veterans Affairs (VA) population, but utilization of obesity treatments by race and ethnicity is poorly understood. Methods: Among …
Abstract: Background: Obesity, a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, has steadily increased in US over the past four decades. US women Veterans (WV) are a growing and at …
Abstract: CONTEXT: Despite a high prevalence of obesity in the veteran population, antiobesity medications (AOMs) have been underused in the Veterans Health Administration. …