Medically diagnosed overweight and weight loss in a US national survey.

摘要: Abstract Background Impact of physician diagnosis overweight on successful weight loss in community-based patients is not known. We analyzed data from NHANES 1999-04 to assess if self-reported was associated with attempted and the preceding year. Methods determined physician-rendered multivariable Poisson regression models that adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, education, income, insurance status, BMI, central obesity, self-rated health, number office/emergency room visits, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes cardiovascular disease. Successful defined as intentional ≥ 5% body over last Results included 8767 adults BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 who met criteria this analysis. In multivariate (PrR 1.39; 95% CI, 1.30–1.48) 2.09; 1.72–2.55). Female visits year, severity presence overweight-related co-morbidities were all significantly overweight. Conclusion a nationally representative sample community dwelling adults, loss.