Development of a 5As-based technology-assisted weight management intervention for veterans in primary care

• Main Authors: Katrina F. Mateo (Author), Natalie B. Berner (Author), Natalie L. Ricci (Author), Pich Seekaew (Author), Sandeep Sikerwar (Author), Craig Tenner (Author), Joanna Dognin (Author), Scott E. Sherman (Author), Adina Kalet (Author), Melanie Jay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, and its prevalence is higher among Veterans in the United States. Based on our prior research, primary care teams at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital do not feel well-equipped to deliver effective weight management counseling and often lack suffic...