Comparative effectiveness trial comparing MyPlate to calorie counting for mostly low-income Latino primary care patients of a federally qualified community health center: study design, baseline characteristics

• Main Authors: Lillian Gelberg (Author), Melvin W. Rico (Author), Dena R. Herman (Author), Thomas R. Belin (Author), Maria Chandler (Author), Evangelina Ramirez (Author), Stephanie Love (Author), William J. McCarthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Primary care-based behavior change obesity treatment has long featured the Calorie restriction (CC), portion control approach. By contrast, the MyPlate-based obesity treatment approach encourages eating more high-satiety/high-satiation foods and requires no calorie-counting. This...