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Provider Awareness Associated With Lifestyle Interventions And Adult Obesity, Reilly Tackett
Provider Awareness Associated With Lifestyle Interventions And Adult Obesity, Reilly Tackett
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project
The obesity epidemic cannot be solved through a single solution. A complex problem like obesity requires an intricately designed approach, comprised of both behavioral and environmental changes (Centers for Disease Control, 2015). Obese adults who attempt to alter their lifestyles often experience barriers to success. One such barrier is a provider who may be unfamiliar with evidence-based lifestyle interventions. Research suggests large variances both in provider knowledge levels and practice recommendations associated with adult obesity. This study’s purpose was; to determine if provider recommendations reflected clinical practice guidelines (CPG) associated with adult obesity, to measure current levels of provider knowledge, …