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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of health care visits by adults with obesity that include counseling on weight loss, nutrition, or physical activity — NWS‑05 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
21.0 percent (2019) *

Target:
32.6 percent *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
24.8 percent of physician office visits made by adults with obesity included counseling or education related to weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity in 2016 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling, 2016-2019 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019
Total
24.8
CI 20.3 / 29.6
SE 2.800
19.6
CI 15.9 / 23.8
SE 2.365
21.0
CI 16.4 / 26.1
SE 2.820