Access to weight reduction interventions for overweight and obese patients in UK primary care: population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate access to weight management interventions for overweight and obese patients in primary care.

Setting

UK primary care electronic health records.

Participants

A cohort of 91 413 overweight and obese patients aged 30-100 years was sampled from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Patients with body mass index (BMI) values ≥25 kg/m(2) recorded between 2005 and 2012 were included. BMI values were categorised using WHO criteria.

Interventions

Interventions for body weight management, including advice, referrals and prescription of antiobesity drugs, were evaluated.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The rate of body weight management interventions and time to intervention were the main outcomes.

Results

Data were

SUBMITTER: Booth HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4316417 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature