The Balance protocol: a pragmatic weight gain prevention randomized controlled trial for medically vulnerable patients within primary care

• Main Authors: Miriam B. Berger (Author), Dori M. Steinberg (Author), Sandy Askew (Author), John A. Gallis (Author), Cayla C. Treadway (Author), Joseph R. Egger (Author), Melissa C. Kay (Author), Bryan C. Batch (Author), Eric A. Finkelstein (Author), Abigail DeVries (Author), Ashley Brewer (Author), Gary G. Bennett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background For patients with obesity who are not ready for or experience barriers to weight loss, clinical practice guidelines recommend provider counseling on preventing further weight gain as a first-line treatment approach. Unfortunately, evidence-based weight gain prevention interventio...