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Are brief interventions for obesity in primary care effective when patients are asked to pay for weight-loss treatment? An observational study with embedded randomised trial

Tudor Kate , Jebb Susan , Manoharan Indrani , Aveyard Paul

Background: A brief intervention in which physicians opportunistically endorse and facilitate an NHS-funded referral to a weight loss programme is clinically and cost-effective. In some areas physicians are unable to make NHS-funded referrals, but could recommend weight loss programmes at the patients expense. The aim of this study was to test the acceptability of a brief intervention and attendance at a weight loss programme when physicians endorse and facilitate a refe...

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Are brief interventions for obesity in primary care effective when patients are asked to pay for weight-loss treatment? An observational study with embedded randomised trial

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