Health Care System Factors for Obesity Among Adults
Health Care System Factors
Since September 2018, the USPSTF^1^ has recommended that clinicians offer or refer adults with a body mass index of 30 or higher (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) to intensive, multicomponent '''behavioral interventions'''.
1. United States Preventive Services Task Force. [https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/obesity-in-adults-interventions1 Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions]. [last accessed: 1/29/20]
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Program, Office of Nutrition and Fitness, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health, 50 E State St, Trenton, NJ 08625, Phone: 609-292-2209, Web: http://www.nj.gov/health/nutrition/
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